Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Page #2

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director(s): Guy Ferland
Production: Artisan Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
23%
PG-13
Year:
2004
86 min
$14,140,215
Website
1,405 Views


God, what'd she do?

Paint it on?

Seorita.

Wow!

Oh, I don't know.

Oh, I do.

I would like

to invite you all...

to the Club Palace

on Christmas Eve--

You been to the Palace yet?

...the tenth annual

Latin ballroom...

amateur dance contest.

I'll have to take you.

Oh, yeah, yeah

Listen

Darling, you

Send me

Darling, you

Send me

You feel really good.

Am I making you nervous?

No.

Well, you make me

a little nervous...

but don't tell anyone.

It'll ruin my reputation.

I thought it was infatuation

Listen, we're going over

to Polly's...

- for a little mojito party.

- Oh, yeah?

And her parents

are out of town again.

What do you think?

Steph can make a wicked mojito.

Well--

Hey, I'm sure

we can get someone...

to rustle you up

a Shirley Temple.

Actually...

James and I are gonna

go to a Cuban club.

Where?

La Rosa Negra.

Yeah, we're going to the...

La Rosa Negra.

Jesus.

Look at the way

they feel the music.

They're feeling it,

all right.

I'll get us some drinks.

Hi.

- You look so Cuban.

- So do you.

Hi. I'm Javier.

Name's Phelps.

Yeah. I know you.

So, the country club

wasn't all you expected?

We thought we'd expand

our horizons a little bit.

Oh, you mean actually

experience La Havana?

Do you mind if I dance

with your date?

Well, you'll have to ask her.

OK.

Te quiero Havana,

the rhythm pumpin' in my heart

In la rosa

We dance to the tempo

of love

Shall we give

your boyfriend a show?

He's not my boyfriend.

Let your body talk

till the voice in you says

Baby

I'm the one you find

deep in the groove

That has your body

and your senses

I'm the heat inside

when rhythm and love collide

Cuba

Let me introduce myself

Represent, represent

Cuba

Represent, represent

Cuba

Hey, me msica

Represent, represent

Cuba

Represent, represent

Cuba

Hey, tu msica

Lose your date?

Must be that Yankee

dancing with my brother.

Good of you to bring

your girlfriend to Havana...

while you still

have the chance.

Why? Are you gonna

run us gringos out?

That's right, comebola,

so keep smiling.

Let me introduce myself

Cuba

Represent, represent

Cuba

Cuba

Represent, represent

Cuba

Hey, tu msica

Represent, represent

Cuba

Orishas underground

de Havana

Represent, represent

Cuba

Hey, tu msica

Raoul y Esmerelda...

king and queen

of La Rosa Negra.

When they dance,

the floor is theirs.

You're as good a dancer

as he is.

Katey, this is

my brother Carlos.

- Arturo and Miguel.

- Hola.

Hola.

We were just talking politics.

Really? Well,

my brother loves talking.

Javier doesn't like

to talk politics.

After all, the revolution...

would screw up his job

kissing your asses.

And where's

the revolution tonight?

On the dance floor?

While you boys kiss

and make up...

we're gonna get

some fresh air.

Let's go.

I was enjoying the dancing.

You were very hot.

It's not

the safest part of town.

No, don't.

Take me home, will you--

Stop it! Get off!

You didn't say no to him.

No!

Katey! Katey,

get back in the damn car!

I'll take you home.

Hey.

Hey.

- Where is he?

- He's gone. He's gone.

It's OK. It's OK. I'm fine.

My dad works for his dad.

I just want to forget about it.

Don't worry.

I'll take you home.

Come on.

I should have seen it coming.

I guess I'm not used to--

Bastards?

Guys.

What? You never had

a boyfriend in America?

No. I liked this one guy,

but it didn't work out.

Why not?

He didn't know I existed.

Oh, yeah.

That could be a problem.

This is as far as I go.

The staff is not supposed

to mix with guests.

It took me a long time

to find this job.

You'd be in trouble

for walking me up there?

Yeah.

That's ridiculous.

Adios.

Thanks for walking me home.

I'm sorry your evening

was so difficult.

Not all of it was.

My job is to make you

look beautiful.

Your job is to make

our bodies like one. Watch.

Thanks.

OK, that's it for today.

Who's gonna enter

the big dance contest?

Isn't it just for locals?

Actually, it's for anyone

who has the guts to try.

What about you?

Me?

No, I can't.

I'm not good enough.

Sure you are.

I've seen you practicing.

Easy.

Think about it.

Katey!

You left your sweater

in my car.

- Just bring it to school.

- Hey, wait a second.

Katey.

I'm really sorry.

I was drinking.

I would never hurt you.

He's not here.

They fired him.

What?

Lois and your sister,

they saw you.

I'm sorry.

I gotta go.

You know, you need to keep

your mouth shut.

The things you do

have consequences.

Lois is the one

who blabbed it.

Oh, right. And you had

nothing to do with it.

Well, what were you doing

with that guy, anyway?

It's embarrassing.

Is that you talking,

or is it those other girls?

He's not like us.

There is no "us," Susie.

- Hola.

- Hola.

S.

Yes?

I'm a friend of Javier's.

Cmo?

From the hotel.

I didn't know he had friends

in the hotel.

Is he here?

No. He's working there now.

You don't see him?

So, what do you want

with my brother?

I need to talk to him.

You got him fired.

Isn't that enough?

I know a way

he can make some money.

You Yankees,

you come here...

and you pour money

into the casinos...

into the pockets

of the gangsters...

who run this country...

the same gangsters

who murder innocent people...

Iike my father.

I didn't know.

That's right. You don't know.

Javi.

I feel terrible

about what happened.

I went to your house--

My house? You told

my mother I was fired?

- No, I didn't--

- Then what do you want?

I told her I wanted

to talk to you.

I'm sorry you got fired.

Don't worry. It's my fault.

I knew better.

Is this your new job?

That's right.

You make 'em. We steal 'em.

Isn't that right, Javi?

There's this dance contest...

at the Palace--

Christmas Eve.

I think you should go.

And see if they need

any busboys?

That's not what I mean.

You know what kind of people

goes to the Palace?

I could get you in.

You'd have to be my partner.

You mean, dance with you?

God, I'm not that bad.

You didn't seem

to mind it last night.

I wasn't trying

to win a contest.

Oh, weren't you?

I'm sorry, but I have

a lot of work to do.

The prize for

the semifinals is $300.

The grand prize is $5,000.

The winners

get to go to America.

I don't have time.

Hi.

This contest...

does it cost money?

No.

You know that

it's ballroom dancing.

It's not what I do.

It's Latin ballroom. If we mix

what you do with what I do...

I really think

we'd have something.

I still have

to teach you everything.

Not everything.

I'll have to teach you

a few things, too.

Can we do this?

- What?

- What are you doing?

Just dancing.

But this is a routine.

You can't just do

what you feel like...

when you feel like it.

When I dance,

I have no routine.

But this is a contest.

We need a structure.

Can I see that?

First, you learn to move,

and then we worry...

- about lists and words.

- OK. Fine.

How do you call this?

Your hips?

Move your hips.

And circle.

Come on.

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Boaz Yakin (born June 20, 1966) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer based in New York City. He has penned the screenplays to films like The Rookie, A Price Above Rubies, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and Now You See Me, and has directed the 2000 sports drama Remember the Titans and the 2012 Jason Statham action film Safe. As a producer he has collaborated frequently with filmmaker Eli Roth and served as executive producer for the first two entries in the Hostel franchise. more…

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