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Sometimes a movie comes out that with a storyline that promises to hit a nerve, and Andy Garcia's "The Lost City" just might be one of them.

Both 1979's "Cuba" with Sean Connery and 1990's "Havana" starring Robert Redford fell remarkably flat. Maybe the closest we've come so far to getting a "feel" for what the social schizophrenia of pre-Castro Havana was like came through brief glimpses and shadowy vignettes in "The Godfather II" and "Soy Cuba/Ya Kuba".

But "The Lost City" promises to take us back to the wide-open days when Havana was still called the pearl of the Antilles.

Enjoy today's playlist as we cruise south along Malecon Avenue toward Miramar:

Celeste Mendoza
Mi Rumba Echando Candela
Un Congo Me Dio La Letra

Orquesta Riverside
Yayabo

Orquesta Pancho El Bravo
Mis Compadres Puntean Son

Los Zafiros
Rumba Como Quiera
Un Nombre De Mujuer

Aren'tcha glad we brought sunglasses and a convertible?