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Danzon

Play trailer Danzon PG-13 Released Jun 27, 1991 1h 43m Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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Each Wednesday night, Julia (María Rojo), a single mother with one child, escapes the doldrums of her boring job as a telephone operator and travels to a dance club in Mexico City. There she meets up with her longtime dance partner, Carmelo (Daniel Rergis), and they spend hours dancing a popular Cuban dance known as the Danzon. But, when Carmelo doesn't show up one night, Julia embarks on a long and whimsical journey to find him -- a journey on which she learns a thing or two about herself.

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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Rated: 2.5/5 Nov 24, 2002 Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) A movie about female self-discovery that you will not long forget. Feb 12, 2024 Full Review Trey Graham, Lyn Stoesen, and Kristina Campbell Washington Blade Novaro does a more-than-commendable job of showing an intensely male-dominated world from a female point of view. Rated: 4/4 May 24, 2022 Full Review Amelie Lasker FF2 Media The soundtrack lends the film a feeling of joy and celebration. And although this is a tragic story, not a dance movie, the danzón as a theme feels like Julia reclaiming her joy. Feb 25, 2021 Full Review Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant Novaro's story feels stale. Only the innocence and vivacity of her leading actress, Maria Rojo, keeps this slow-moving, thinly plotted tale alive. Jun 6, 2018 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 2, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alejandra O Intimate portrait of a woman in 1980’s Mexico. Well crafted. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/14/25 Full Review Audience Member Danzon is an excellent little independent film with no pretention but it's a fine entertainment, well acted, well written and beautifully shot. This is an interesting female orientated type of film, a film that shows and talk about women in an interesting way. Not feminist but rather feminine, the film portrays the emancipation of a woman who's willing to take a risk and get out of her comfort zone to follow a man but as time goes she finds herself emancipated and becoming slowly her own person and gains tremendous confidence along the way. Great film indeed. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member well this is a journey of self exploration and looking 4 love mixed with dancing kinda a mexican "stricly ballroom" or "take the lead" Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member ... todos los personajes son entrañables... sobre todo el Tito Vasconcelos, Carmen Salinas y Margarita Isabel... Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member I am in love of danzón...This is not an awesome movie but it is a pretty sweet one. The value of this movie is the way it interprets the dance, the way of dance dazón and all the flirtation that is behind the act of dancing. It is just wonderful. I think that there is a universe of analisis in this movie but i think personally i must polish it more to explain and understand all the codes inside it[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img]!!!!. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member No es lo que suelo ver, pero si estando en el extranjero uno sufre un ataque de nostalgia por Mexico se puede recurrir a peliculas como esta, que retrata por igual la calidez, la riqueza y la guarrez de estas tierras. Aunque las actuaciones no son magistrales, la fotografia lo compensa, y ni se diga la musica de danzon. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Each Wednesday night, Julia (María Rojo), a single mother with one child, escapes the doldrums of her boring job as a telephone operator and travels to a dance club in Mexico City. There she meets up with her longtime dance partner, Carmelo (Daniel Rergis), and they spend hours dancing a popular Cuban dance known as the Danzon. But, when Carmelo doesn't show up one night, Julia embarks on a long and whimsical journey to find him -- a journey on which she learns a thing or two about herself.
Director
María Novaro
Producer
Jorge Sánchez
Screenwriter
Beatriz Novaro, María Novaro
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz, Tabasco Films, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Televisión Española (TVE), Macondo Cine Video
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 27, 1991, Original
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Stereo