Cuban emigrants are now everywhere in the world, and not all live in US. These emigrants have been able to spread Cuban music successfully in several European countries as Spain, Italy and France. Classes for learning dancing salsa are now a good business in these countries. The present film shows to what extent this music is accepted by local people and how contagious it is. The plot is about a young guy, pianist from Toulousse, who felt in love with another French young lady and good dancer of salsa. He saw that Nathalie only likes Cuban people and its music, so for this reason he decided to present himself as a Cuban young man under the name of Mongo. At the end everything was obviously discovered, Nathalie knew that he was as French as her, and she finally accepted him as he was. The film had the participation of some Cuban artists, among them Alexis Valdes already based in Spain, who showed how to dance good salsa, and Aurora Basnuevo, who is still working for radio and TV in Cuba. Here she played the role of Cuban Yoruba Santera. Cuban nostalgia is well noted in the film, in one scene Valdes told Mongo that Cubans'smile and laugh are good to hide their pain behind it. If you like good music you must see this film, here it is mainly coming from the Cuban group Sierra Maestra.
Review of Salsa and Love
