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Danzón /

"Julia 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 in the old 'Salon Colonia'. They've danced for years but bare...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Danzón (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Macondo Cine-Video, Tabasco Films (Firm), Televisión Española, Facets Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Novaro, María, 1951- (Screenwriter, Director), Novaro, Beatriz (Screenwriter), Sánchez, Jorge, 1950-, Rojo, María, 1943- (Actor), Salinas, Carmen (Actor), Vasconcelos, Tito (Actor), Isabel, Margarita (Actor), Carpinteiro, Víctor (Actor), Godínez, Cheli (Actor), Rergis, Daniel, 1928-2014 (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:Spanish
Language Notes:In Spanish with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Published: [Mexico] : Macondo ; [2007]
Subjects:
Single mothers > Mexico > Mexico City > Drama.
Ballroom dancing > Drama.
Missing persons > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Dancers > Drama.
Madres solteras > Teatro.
Baile de salón > Teatro.
Personas desaparecidas > Teatro.
Single-parent families > Drama.
Ballroom dancing.
Dancers.
Man-woman relationships.
Missing persons.
Single mothers.
Mexico > Mexico City.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Spanish.
Motion pictures, Mexican.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Description
Summary:"Julia 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 in the old 'Salon Colonia'. They've danced for years but barely know each other. One night Carmelo disappears without a trace. Feeling lonely and sad, Julia takes a train to Veracruz, where she knows Carmelo has a brother. That sudden trip will change Julia's life forever."--Maximiliano Maza, www.imdb.com.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991.
Special features include making of featurette and director's commentary.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC.
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Rodrigo García ; original music by Agustín Lara, Pepe Luis, Felipe Pérez, and Consuelo Velá́zquez ; editors, Maria Novaro, Nelson Rodriguez.
ISBN:156580709X
9781565807099