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Release Date:
January 22, 2000
Original Title:
Salsa
Alternate Titles:
Salsa y Amor
¡Salsa!
Ο Έρωτας Χορεύει Salsa
Genres:
Comedy | Music | Romance
Production Companies:
Canal+ España
Eurimages
M6 Films
Production Countries:
France | Spain
Ratings / Certifications:
CH: 8 FR: U JP: G
Runtime: 100
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?
Casting:
Nora Habib
Françoise Menidrey
Mary Vernieu
Co-Producer:
Stéphane Sorlat
Daniel Harroch
Costumer:
Christine Jacquin
Director:
Joyce Buñuel
Director of Photography:
Guillermo Navarro
Editor:
Nicole Saunier
Hair Designer:
Joëlle Dominique
Makeup Artist:
Florence Vayssieres
Makeup Designer:
Lydia Pujols
Music:
Yuri Buenaventura
Producer:
Aïssa Djabri
Farid Lahouassa
Manuel Munz
Producer's Assistant:
Géraldine Polveroni
Production Design:
Jean Bauer
Set Decoration:
Anne-Charlotte Vimont
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