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A film review: Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights is an American musical romance film. It was directed by Guy Ferland in 2004. The plot is based on a true story of JoAnn Jansen. The movie is very similar to the Dirty Dancing movie, which was made in 1987. It is a love story about Katey Miller (Romola Garai) and Javier Suarez (Diego Luna) in Cuba during the Cuban Revolution.

  Katey is a senior high-school student, but she has to migrate with her family to Cuba because of her father's job. She gets into an elite band, but isn't interested in their sniffy talks. After her "friends" put a Cuban waiter to shame, she goes to ask for pardon. Her adventure starts with this meeting. Katey would like to learn to dance, and Javier, the waiter guy helps her. They enter for a competition, and as they prepare for this, they fall in love with each other.
  Dance is the main theme in the film. The sensual Latin dance flavoured with free moves and romance gives the viewer the creeps. The two youngsters are stormed by hormones, and the bookworm Katey is faced with the power of dance and seduction. They experience freedom together during the Cuban Revolution.  It’s very interesting that Patrick Swayze, the star of the first Dirty Dancing film is the dance teacher, who helps Katey a lot.

   The music is mostly Spanish,  the English isn’t ignored either. I think, the music selection is absolutely fantastic and related to the topic. The photography is also very lovely, imagine: the cheerful and soft coloures of the Cuban buildings and streets...Moreover, Katey's strongly civil parents go against the friendship. At the end of the film, the Miller family should go back to the U.S.A, which means, she will never meet Javier again. But she doesn't regret anything she did.   This part of their life shows how important it is to be yourself,  try new things and bravely take up the thrill, while you are young. I fell in love with this film the very first time I was watching it, because I totally agree with its main topic, how sensual dance can be between man and woman.