Talento de Barrio

Infobox Film
name = Talento de Barrio


image_size =
caption = Promotional film poster
director = José Iván Santiago
producer = George Rivera
Ángel M. Sanjurjo
Daddy Yankee
writer = George Rivera
Ángel M. Sanjurjo
Edgar Soberón Torchia
narrator =
starring = Daddy Yankee
Yo-Seph
music = Sam "Fish" Fisher
cinematography = Leslie Colombani Jr.
editing = José Iván Santiago
distributor =
released = flagicon|Puerto Rico August 14, 2008 flagicon|US September, 2008
runtime =
country = Puerto Rico
language = Spanish
budget = $1,500,000 (estimated)
website = http://www.peliculatalentodebarrio.com/
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0467017

"Talento de Barrio" is a film produced and starred by Puerto Rican artist Daddy Yankee. The film is directed by José Iván Santiago and the main writing credits are by George Rivera and Ángel M. Sanjurjo.

Plot

Raymond Ayala (better known as Daddy Yankee) stars as Edgar Dinero, an angry young man from the slums of Puerto Rico who gets tangled between the thug life of his neighborhood and the beat of his barrio. On that path Edgar encounters disruption among his crew men, while falling in love with an uptown girl from whom "Dinero" must conceal his strong ties with the violent barrio underworld.

Edgar may run, but is unable to hide from the scores of corrupt cops and the full blown war for the "Caserio" among his men. Soon enough Edgar must face the question. Would he die as the "Cangri" of the underworld or would he be resurrected as the "Big Boss" of Reggaetón?

Release

The film was released in Puerto Rico in August 14, 2008 breaking local records of attendance for a Puerto Rican film. On August 7, 2008, Maya Entertainment announced that it has acquired the United States rights to the film, and they will release it theatrically in major cities across the U.S. in September 2008. But in October 4 its gointo be coming out in New York,NEW JERSEY, Los Angeles, and Miami.¹

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Related Links

[http://www.peliculatalentodebarrio.com Official Site]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewq1dSnQImo Talento de Barrio Trailer]

[http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/08-07-2008/0004863877&EDATE=] Press Release on Release Date