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Salsa (2000)

Salsa (2000)

Comedy Romance Music
Release Date: 2000, January 22
Directors: Joyce Buñuel
Countries: Spain, France
Production: Canal+ España, Eurimages, M6 Films
Cast: Elisabeth Margoni, Olivier Bénard, Alexis Valdés, Roland Blanche, Vincent Lecœur, Naím Thomas, Rebecca Regina, Aurora Basnuevo, Michel Aumont, Catherine Samie, Stéphane Slima, Christiane Cohendy

Overview:

At age 24, Rémi Bonnet, brilliant pianist, abandons Chopin and Toulouse to play the music he has secretly loved for years - Salsa! He heads for Paris, the salsa capital of Europe, only to discover to his great surprise, that nobody wants a white boy in Latin band! Felipe, his Cuban friend, sets him straight: " You don't have the Latino look, muchacho! Today, if your are not Cubano or Columbiano, you are out!". Undaunted, Rémi deliberately takes on the identity, accent and complexion of an unemployed alien in a city where most foreigners will do almost anything to become French. Barreto, 75, the legendary Cuban composer, who is about to close down the once famous Casa Cubana, offers Rémi a job giving dance lessons to the locals. It is here that Rémi falls in love with Nathalie. Her family's "secrets and lies" reveal parental links to Barreto. Do these links explain why this shy beauty ought to be a bomb on the dance floor?

Keywords:

dance