Salsa - 1999

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?

100min
1999
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.2/10

Cast

Vincent Lecoeur profile pictureVincent LecoeurRémi Bonnet
Michel Aumont profile pictureMichel AumontMonsieur Redele
Christiane Cohendy profile pictureChristiane CohendyMadame Redele
Naím Thomas profile pictureNaím ThomasStéphane
Olivier Bénard profile pictureOlivier BénardL'appariteur
Elisabeth Margoni profile pictureElisabeth MargoniMme de Stael
Stéphane Slima profile pictureStéphane SlimaL'inspecteur de police

About Salsa

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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?

Runtime: 100min

Extra details

Original Title: Salsa
Original Language: French
Directed By: Joyce Buñuel
Production Companies
Canal+ EspañaEurimagesM6 Films