Characters & Themes
Salsa (1988) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1988 · 98 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Boaz Davidson
- Starring
- Rodney Harvey, Valente Rodriguez, Angela Alvarado, Miranda Garrison, Humberto Ortiz, Loyda Ramos
Rico, a fatherless Puerto Rican mechanic, works by day but lives for the night’s salsa scene. Confident he’ll win the La Luna nightclub contest, he pursues flirtatious dancers while urging his friend Ken to date his sister Margarita, hoping for free rein with Lola. The club’s reigning queen, Luna, wants Rico as partner, straining his on‑and‑off romance with Vicki. Complications rise when Ken and Margarita discover true love, sparking jealousy and chaos.
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