Salsa

"The Dirtiest Dancing Of Them All!"

1988 1h 38m EN

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 74

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Synopsis

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Fatherless barrio Puerto Rican Rico is a menial car mechanic by day, but lives for the nights, when he dances and dates hot dancing girls, cockily convinced the title of Salsa king in fancy nightclub La Luna's upcoming contest is to be his. He encourages his best friend, courteous gentleman Ken, to date his sister Margarita so he gets a free hand with her flirtatious classmate Lola. The reigning salsa queen Luna's interest in Rico as dance-partner threatens his on-off relationship with Vicki. More jealous trouble follows when Ken and Margarita fall in true love.

“The Dirtiest Dancing Of Them All!”

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Cast

Robi Draco Rosa
Rico
Rodney Harvey
Ken
Magali Alvarado
Rita
Miranda Garrison
Luna
Moon Orona
Lola
Angela Alvarado
Vicki
Loyda Ramos
Mother
Valente Rodriguez
Chuey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Boaz Davidson
Writers: Eli Tavor, Tomás Benitez, Shepard Goldman
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Boaz Davidson, shot by David Gurfinkel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Alain Jakubowicz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Robi Draco Rosa and Rodney Harvey and Magali Alvarado carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Dirtiest Dancing Of Them All!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0096030 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Boaz Davidson directs. David Gurfinkel behind the camera. Alain Jakubowicz cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

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138 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Boaz Davidson, shot by David Gurfinkel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Alain Jakubowicz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Robi Draco Rosa and Rodney Harvey and Magali Alvarado carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The Dirtiest Dancing Of Them All!".
8IMDB entry: tt0096030 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 74 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.