Danzón

Name: Danzón
Genre: Drama
Released: 1991-06-27
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 6.8
Cast: María Rojo, Carmen Salinas, Tito Vasconcelos

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Drama

Julia (Rojo) is a phone operator in Mexico City who divides her time between her job, her daughter and the danzon: a cuban dance very popular in Mexico and Central America. Every wednesday J... Read allJulia (Rojo) is a phone operator in Mexico City who divides her time between her job, her daughter and the danzon: a cuban dance very popular in Mexico and Central America. Every wednesday Julia does the danzon with Carmelo (Rergis) in the old "Salon Colonia". They've danced for ... Read allJulia (Rojo) is a phone operator in Mexico City who divides her time between her job, her daughter and the danzon: a cuban dance very popular in Mexico and Central America. Every wednesday Julia does the danzon with Carmelo (Rergis) in the old "Salon Colonia". They've danced for years but barely know each other. One night Carmelo disappears without a trace. Feeling lo... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

700

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 wins & 6 nominations

Quotes
Julia Solórzano: He left everything! even the dance, which is the most important thing in life!

Soundtracks
Bésame Mucho
Written by Consuelo Velázquez

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Review

Featured review

9/10

A "dance movie" that's also a beautifully shot "road movie"

Maria Novaro has made a mini-specialty of what might be called the "women's road movie." (She has described her later "Without a Trace" as "Thelma and Louise" with a happy ending.) Danzon gives us Julia, a 40-ish telephone operator and single mother of a sulky teenager, who leaves her Mexico City routine when her dance partner--about whom she knows little more than his name--seems to disappear. The movie opens up into lush panoramas when Julia reaches Veracruz, a metaphor for her own blossoming self-discovery. The soundtrack alone--old-fashioned "danzons" (Mexican dance music imported from Cuba)--is worth the rental price.