Dollar Mambo (1993)

During the American invasion of Panama to oust General Noriega, a mambo dancer is raped by American soldiers. Based on a true incident. There is effectively no dialog in this film: ... See full summary »

Director:

Paul Leduc

Writers:

Jaime Avilés, Paul Leduc

Stars:

Alejandro Calva, Raúl Medina, Dolores Pedro

Cast

Credited cast:
Alejandro Calva	...	Soldier
Raúl Medina
Dolores Pedro
Litico Rodrigues
Roberto Sosa
Tito Vasconcelos

Storyline

During the American invasion of Panama to oust General Noriega, a mambo dancer is raped by American soldiers. Based on a true incident. There is effectively no dialog in this film: Everything is communicated through dance or pantomime.

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Plot Keywords:

rape

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Details

Country:

Mexico Panama Cuba

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

18 October 1995 (France)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Strange film

Well "Dollar Mambo" its a weird movie, its kinda of a musical, or experimental film, there is no dialog at all in the whole movie, everything its express through dancing and music. In the other hand the plot its simple, US soldiers invade Panama and they rape and kill a dancer. It was funny seeing roberto sosa dance, the acting its OK, and the music use its fine but in the movie there are a lot of thing that go from strange to beyond weirdness (like a soldier dress as a ballet dancer) but a i guess it was a symbolism.

Overall the movie its too "artistic" for my taste, it remind me "Frida naturaleza viva" another film by the same director.