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?
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Cast
23 people
Vincent Lecœur
Rémi Bonnet
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Christianne Gout
Nathalie
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Catherine Samie
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Roland Blanche
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Alexis Valdés
Félipe
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Elisa Maillot
Françoise
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Aurora Basnuevo
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Barreto
No other roles listed
Christiane Cohendy
Madame Redele
Known for
The Horseman on the Roof
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Naím Thomas
Stéphane
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Joyce Buñuel Director · Jean-Claude Carrière Writer Peter Hewitt Writer
First release June 4, 1999 · Produced in France, Spain · Production Eurimages, M6 Films
Production
Canal+ España
Production
Eurimages
Production
M6 Films
Production
France · Spain
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Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 4, 1999
Premiere
France · February 9, 2000
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
June 24, 2000 · Digital
South Korea
January 22, 2000 · Theatrical
Spain
September 8, 2000 · Theatrical
Switzerland
May 25, 2000 · Digital
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