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2006 · Movie · 1h 30m

Love & Dance

CriticsCritics: 62
AudienceAudience: 6.7

Chen, a young kid, is battling a cultural conflict between his Russian born mother and Israeli father. She is cultured and used to the finer things in life, including theater and fine dining. He is gruff on the outside but sweet on the inside - a Sabra; and looking to make his young son a man rather than the wimp his mother is raising. One day, Chen stumbles upon a ballroom dance class for young people and sees Natalie, a stunning Russian young girl he falls in love with immediately. His interest in Natalie leads him to taking ballroom dancing and to ultimately bridging the cultural divide of his own family - through the Cha Cha and the Tango. The teachers are a pair of former Russian world champions who never quite fulfilled their potential, but find themselves battling their demons through the instructions of the kids.

My take

A vibrant dance-driven romance that captures the electric chemistry between two passionate performers finding love on the floor. Arlo would dig how it celebrates movement as emotional expression—that raw, unfiltered way bodies tell stories words can't.

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Cast

Avi KushnirEvgenia DodinaOksana KorostyshevskayaKirill Safonov

Director

Eitan Anner

If tonight is a Love & Dance night…

…these live in the same corner of my head.

Want one picked out for tonight?

Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll do the rest.