Salsa
2000
100 minutes
Overview
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?
Top Cast
Vincent Lecœur
Rémi Bonnet
Christianne Gout
Nathalie
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
Madame Redele
Naím Thomas
Stéphane
Olivier Bénard
L'appariteur
Sylvain Corthay
Le directeur du Conservatoire
Isabelle Coutançais
La pianiste
Michel Debrane
Blondin
Annabelle Février
La mère
Jean-Luc Horvais
Le père
Marie-Christine Leclaire
Femme U.V.
Elisabeth Margoni
Mme de Stael
Jehan Pagès
Stéphane (voice)
Rébecca Régina
Danseuse
Stéphane Slima
L'inspecteur de police
Brigitte Tourtchaninoff
Assistante du Directeur du Conservatoire