Plot
In November 1958, the American teenager Katey Miller moves with her parents and her younger sister to Havana. Her father is an executive of Ford expatriated to Cuba, and Katey is an excellent high school senior student that misses her friends. The family is lodged in a fancy hotel, where Katey accidentally meets the local teenage waiter Javier Suarez. Later she sees Javier dancing in a public square and they become friends, but he is fired from the hotel because her acquaintances have seen them together. Katey invites Javier to participate of a Latin Ballroom Contest in the local Palace club to help him to raise some money, and she secretly meets him in the La Rosa Negra nightclub for rehearsals. Later they fall in love for each other in times of revolution.
Written by
Kate Gunzinger, Peter Sagal, Boaz Yakin
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Artisan Entertainment, Havana Nights LLC, Lawrence Bender Productions, Miramax, Lions Gate Films
Languages
Español, English
Awards
1 nomination total