Movie
Straight from the Barrio
Overview
A young drug dealer falls in love while facing disruption among the men in his gang, and being offered a career as a Reggaetón singer.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-10-10
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Drama, Action, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- ArtFilms
- Country
- Puerto Rico
- Original language
- ES
Cast
- Daddy Yankee as Edgar Dinero
- Katiria Soto as Soribel
- César Farrait as Wichy
- Angélica Alcaide as Natasha
- Norma Colón as Edgar's Mother
- Eddie D as Jay
- Rey Pirin as Javier
- Ana Isabelle as Edgar's Girlfriend
- Glory Montalvo as Tata
- Rafael Acevedo as Agente González
- Norman Santiago as Agente Matías
- Víctor Roque as El Domi
Crew
- José Iván Santiago - Director
- Daddy Yankee - Writer
- Ángel M. Sanjurjo - Writer
- Edgar Soberón Torchia - Writer
- George Rivera - Writer
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