In the Heights (film)

In the Heights is a 2021 musical drama film about a corner in the predominantly Dominican Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, where every member of the community pursues their dreams of a better life.

Directed by Jon M. Chu. Written by Quiara Alegría Hudes, based on the stage musical by Quiara Alegría Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

The time has come.

Usnavi de la Vega

• [Iris: What does sueñito mean?] Sueñito? It means little dream.
• It's the story of a block that was disappearing. Once upon a time, in a faraway land called Nueva York, en un barrio called Washington Heights. Say it, so it doesn't disappear. [Kids: Washington Heights!]
• "El Sueñito." Pop's little dream.
• Abuela Claudia never had kids, so she adopted the whole block as her own. Adopted our sueñitos too.
• You hear that? The voices of the gods.

Vanessa Morales

• It's creepy quiet. Usually, the One Train's up there, screeching.
• Usnavi, I'm the girl who paints nails. There's plenty like me, here, and over there.

Nina Rosario

• Maybe Stanford isn't a way out. Maybe it's a way back. Like Abuela always used to say, asserting our dignity in small ways.
• Let me just listen to my block.

Benny

• [sings] I'm making moves. I'm making deals. But guess what? [Usnavi: What?] You still ain't got no skills.

Taglines

• Turn up the volume of your dreams.
• The time has come.

Cast

• Anthony Ramos – Usnavi de la Vega
• Melissa Barrera – Vanessa Morales
• Leslie Grace – Nina Rosario
  • Arianna Greenblatt - (young)
  • Ariana S. Gómez - (12-year-old)
• Corey Hawkins – Benny
• Olga Merediz – "Abuela" Claudia
• Jimmy Smits – Kevin Rosario
• Gregory Diaz IV – Sonny de la Vega
• Daphne Ruba-Vega – Daniela
• Stephanie Beatriz – Carla
• Dascha Polanco – Cuca
• Noah Catala – Graffiti Pete
• Lin-Manuel Miranda – the piragüero
• Mateo Gomez – Alejandro
• Marc Anthony – Gapo de la Vega
• Olivia Perez – Iris de la Vega
• Christopher Jackson – the Mr. Softee Truck Driver

External links

• In the Heights quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• In the Heights (film) at Rotten Tomatoes
• In the Heights at Mojo
• Official website