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Salsa

65 %|Jan 22, 2000|Music, Comedy, Romance

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?

Featured Crew

Joyce Buñuel
Director
Farid Lahouassa
Producer
Géraldine Polveroni
Producer's Assistant
Sierra Maestra
Sound
Mary Vernieu
Casting
Manuel Munz
Producer
Daniel Harroch
Co-Producer
Stéphane Sorlat
Co-Producer

Cast

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Vincent Lecœur
Rémi Bonnet
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Michel Aumont
Monsieur Redele
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Elisa Maillot
Françoise
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Christiane Cohendy
Madame Redele
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Naím Thomas
Stéphane
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Olivier Bénard
L'appariteur
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Sylvain Corthay
Le directeur du Conservatoire
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Elisabeth Margoni
Mme de Stael
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Jehan Pagès
Stéphane (voice)
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Stéphane Slima
L'inspecteur de police
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Brigitte Tourtchaninoff
Assistante du Directeur du Conservatoire