Rumba Therapy

A gentle, feel-good French comedy about a gruff man fumbling toward connection, mixing light laughs with quiet regret and warmth.

Directed by

Franck Dubosc

Genres

Comedy

Starring

Franck Dubosc, Louna Espinosa, Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Overview

Tony is a macho middle-aged school bus driver in the provinces with no friends or relations. A sudden heart attack throws him into a tailspin. Tony's convinced he's going to die. When his cardiologist warns him : We all need others. Alone, we're nothing. Tony decides to reconnect with the daughter he abandoned twenty years earlier, when she was just a baby. Still a coward, he's unable to screw up the courage to actually confront her directly. So he decides to sign up for a dance class she's teaching in Paris. Incognito, of course. To get to know her gradually… in a desperate attempt to give some meaning to his empty life. In the process, he has more than a few dance steps to learn!

How it feels

Warm, earnest, light and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Parenthood, family, redemption, healing

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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