Danzon Movie Review 1991

Julia (Rojo), a single, working-class mom escapes the drudgery of her simple existence by going to a Mexico City dance hall every Wednesday. There she loses herself to the movement of the danzon, a dance with Haitian roots, popular in Mexico for over 100 years. When her partner of six years, Carmelo (Rergis), doesn't show up one night, her life is turned upside down. So begins a search for Carmelo--and herself. Quiet and restrained, like the ballroom-style danzon at the center of the plot. Applauded at Cannes. In Spanish with English subtitles.

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Available on VHS
Running time 103 minutes.
Originally from Spanish.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Dance Fever, Road Trip, Mexico

Screenplay

Maria Novaro, Betriz Novaro

Cast

Maria Rojo, Carmen Salinas, Blanca Guerra, Tito Vasconcelos, Victor Carpinteiro, Victor Vasconcelos

Director

Maria Novaro