Salsa (2000)
Directed by Joyce Buñuel

Comedy / Music / Romance

Film Synopsis

On the spur of the moment, Rémi Bonnet abandons his studies in classical music so that he can devote himself to his real passion: salsa. So keen is he to join an authentic Cuban band that he subjects himself to a complete makeover. The transformation is so convincing that one young woman, Nathalie, believes he is a real Cuban and falls madly in love with him. How will she react when she learns that Rémi is in fact a blonde haired, blue-eyed French boy...?

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Film Credits

Director: Joyce Buñuel
Script: Joyce Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière
Cinematographer: Javier Aguirresarobe
Music: Yuri Buenaventura, Sierra Maestra, Jean-Marie Sénia
Cast: Christianne Gout (Nathalie), Vincent Lecoeur (Rémi), Catherine Samie (Letty), Michel Aumont (Monsieur Redele), Roland Blanche (Henry), Alexis Valdés (Félipe), Elisa Maillot (Françoise), Aurora Basnuevo (La Goya), Estéban Socrates Cobas Puente (Barreto), Christiane Cohendy (Mme Redele), Naím Thomas (Stéphane), Pierre-Arnaud Juin (Jean-Charles), Olivier Bernard (L'appariteur)
Country: Spain / France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 100 min

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