Salsa

Story

Synopsis

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?

Director

Joyce Buñuel

Writers

Jean-Claude Carrière, Peter Hewitt, Joyce Buñuel

Language

French

Country

Spain, France

Release date

22 January 2000

Ensemble

Cast

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  Vincent Lecœur

  Rémi Bonnet

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  Christianne Gout

  Nathalie

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  Catherine Samie

  Letty

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  Michel Aumont

  Monsieur Redele

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  Roland Blanche

  Henry

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  Alexis Valdés

  Félipe

• Elisa Maillot

  Françoise

• Aurora Basnuevo

  La Goya

• Estéban Socrates Cobas Puente

  Barreto

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  Christiane Cohendy

  Madame Redele

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  Naím Thomas

  Stéphane

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  Olivier Bénard

  L'appariteur