La Bamba
Director: Luis Valdez
Genre: Musical, Biographical film, Tragedy, Period piece, Biography, Docudrama, Biopic [feature], Drama
Year: 1987
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Joe Pantoliano, Danielle von Zerneck, Elizabeth Peña, Howard Huntsberry, Brian Setzer, Marshall Crenshaw, Rick Dees
La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical film written and directed by Luis Valdez. The picture features Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, and Joe Pantoliano. The drama is based on the real life events that affected the lives of rock star Ritchie Valens, his half-brother Bob Morales, his girlfriend Donna Ludwig and the rest of their families.
Richard Steven Valenzuela (played by Phillips) is a normal teenage boy who becomes a rock 'n' roll superstar under the stage name Ritchie Valens. He meets and falls in love with fellow high school student Donna Ludwig, for whom he wrote a song that became a number one hit ("Donna"). However, her father is shown as having problems with his daughter dating Ritchie, which causes friction between Donna and Ritchie. The movie also has several subplots, such as his relationship with his mother Connie Valenzuela (Rosanna DeSoto) and half-brother Bob Morales (Esai Morales), and the jealousy Bob felt toward Ritchie because of his success.
In one scene, Bob won an important art contest that helps promising cartoonists, only to throw away his prize because, in his mind, his mother doesn't seem to
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