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Salsa

  • 19881988
  • PGPG
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
1.2K
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Salsa (1988)
  • Music
  • Romance
As a young East Los Angeles Latino pursues his dream of becoming a great Salsa dancer, he is enraged to learn that his little sister is romantically involved with his best friend.As a young East Los Angeles Latino pursues his dream of becoming a great Salsa dancer, he is enraged to learn that his little sister is romantically involved with his best friend.As a young East Los Angeles Latino pursues his dream of becoming a great Salsa dancer, he is enraged to learn that his little sister is romantically involved with his best friend.
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Boaz Davidson
  • Writers
    • Boaz Davidson(story)
    • Eli Tavor(story)
    • Tomás Benitez(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Draco Rosa
    • Rodney Harvey
    • Magali Alvarado
Top credits
  • Director
    • Boaz Davidson
  • Writers
    • Boaz Davidson(story)
    • Eli Tavor(story)
    • Tomás Benitez(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Draco Rosa
    • Rodney Harvey
    • Magali Alvarado
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 19User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Top cast

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    Draco Rosa
    Draco Rosa
    • Ricoas Rico
    Rodney Harvey
    Rodney Harvey
    • Kenas Ken
    Magali Alvarado
    • Ritaas Rita
    Miranda Garrison
    Miranda Garrison
    • Lunaas Luna
    Moon Orona
    • Lolaas Lola
    Angela Alvarado
    Angela Alvarado
    • Vickias Vicki
    Loyda Ramos
    Loyda Ramos
    • Motheras Mother
    Valente Rodriguez
    Valente Rodriguez
    • Chueyas Chuey
    Daniel Rojo
    • Orlandoas Orlando
    Humberto Ortiz
    • Betoas Beto
    Roxan Flores
    • Nenaas Nena
    Robert Gould
    Robert Gould
    • Bossas Boss
    Chesher Cat
    Chesher Cat
    • Sisteras Sister
    • (as Deborah Chesher)
    Debra Ortega
    • Auntas Aunt…
    Renee Victor
    Renee Victor
    • Auntas Aunt…
    Joanne Garcia
    • Waitressas Waitress…
    Leroy Anderson
    • Selfas Self
    Bobby Caldwell
    Bobby Caldwell
    • Selfas Self
    • Director
      • Boaz Davidson
    • Writers
      • Boaz Davidson(story) (screenplay)
      • Eli Tavor(story)
      • Tomás Benitez(screenplay)
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Draco Rosa, previously known as Roby Rosa, was part of the Puerto Rican crossover Pop group, Menudo.
    • Goofs
      Rico puts on a towel after having taken a shower. In the following shot, he slides down the stairs in his shorts. In a subsequent shot, he is wearing the towel once again.
    • Quotes

      Rita: Don't call me puta, cabron!

    • Connections
      Featured in Laura Branigan: Your Love (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      The Magic of Your Love
      Written by David Friedman

      Performed by Laura Branigan

      Produced by David Kershenbaum

      Laura Branigan's performance is courtesy of Atlantic Records

    User reviews19

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Baked Beans in Australia...
    Some really dynamic music and surprisingly effective 1989 level teen romance are just some of the enjoyable parts of this awful Golan Globus production from Cannon Films, the LA/ Israeli based exploitation outfit that simply made D grade knock offs of whatever other hit films there were in cinemas the previous year. In this case DIRTY DANCING from 1988.

    The roster of SALSA guest artists is surprising and the Salsa numbers quite dynamic in their Latin way. Talented boy-band dude Bobby Rosa clearly was the indecent obsession of someone at Cannon as he is lust-filmed to the point of near nude as often as possible (especially in the opening ten minutes... (I thought I had the wrong DVD playing)..... We even have a garish nightclub with an orchestra - lots of pink neon and glass blocks -and it's a place frequented by Aunties and their husbands, mum and li'l sisters... a real family affair, as is the whole film... even with backyard parties in the afternoon. It offers a real good look at suburban 1989 Los Angeles... which is interesting in itself.

    Occasionally Golan Globus accidentally made something that was actually good (eg RUNAWAY TRAIN) ... and I am very sad to say that today in 2007 this film is rendered quite emotional because of the charming and effervescent appearance of talented 20 year old Rodney Harvey in one of his few good roles before his terrible drug death in 1997. I have seen the string of mug shots of Rodney in decline from sparkling teen to gaunt ghost ...they were printed in Premiere magazine years ago in a run of shots 1-10 showing just his arrested image in horrifying shrivel as his heroin addiction rotted his handsome young face. You can also see him in GUN CRAZY and MY PRIVATE IDAHO. Absolutely tragic. His family and friends must just be grief-stricken still if they see his films today.

    I was also reminded by SALSA a lot of the Oz film STRICTLY BALLROOM which was made 4 years later. Some sequences from SALSA are clearly reformatted into STRICTLY, especially the billboard dancing scene. Hmmmmmm.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 6, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • MGM
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Сальса
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Golan-Globus Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,892,589
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,627,533
      • May 8, 1988
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,892,589
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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