Ángel Tavira Maldonado, star of “The Violin,” dies

Ángel Tavira Maldonado starred in only one movie, but it’s one that many people will remember for a long time.

The Mexican regional musician whose stirring debut acting performance in “El Violin” (”The Violin”) moved audiences and won critical acclaim, including a best actor award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, died Monday in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83.”*

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