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Empire is a american film of genre Drama directed by Franc. Reyes released in USA on 6 december 2002 with John Leguizamo
Empire (2002)
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Add to a movie listEmpire is a 2002 gangster film starring John Leguizamo and Peter Sarsgaard.
Synopsis
Victor Rosa (Leguizamo) is a drug dealer in New York who sells a specific brand of heroin called "Empire". His territory is located in the South Bronx, where his other rivals all maintain an uneasy truce maintained because they all purchase their drugs from the same supplier, the drug lord La Colombiana (Isabella Rossellini). Victor is invited to a chic white collar party by his girlfriend Carmen (Delilah Cotto). The party is being thrown by her friend Trish (Denise Richards) and her boyfriend Jack (Sarsgaard), an investment banker. With a baby on the way, Vic decides to go straight, and begins to invest money with Jack, receiving significant returns. His friendship with Jack affords Vic a whole new lifestyle, and creates a rift between him and Carmen.Actors
John Leguizamo
(Victor Rosa)
Peter Sarsgaard
(Jack)
Denise Richards
(Trish)
Sônia Braga
(Iris)
Delilah Cotto
(Carmen)
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