The screenplay was to be a serious political romance story, documenting, among other stories, how the Cuban revolution transformed from idealism to terror.The film is a prequel re-imagining of the 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing, reusing the same basic plot, but transplanting it from upstate New York to Cuba on the cusp of the Cuban Revolution.A self-described bookworm, Katey is not very happy about having to move to a different country during her senior year of high school, as she had been planning to attend Radcliffe College, although the rest of her family seem extremely pleased to be in Cuba.Katey attempts to talk to the waiterJavier ( Diego Luna ), who works at the hotel to support his familybecause she feels awful about what had occurred, but he is not interested.
The next day in class, Katey is asked to read aloud from The Odyssey - a passage about love and passion. After class, James invites her to a party at the country club the next day and she accepts. They stop to listen to a street band and police show up, stopping Javier while Katey runs away. Javier sees her and asks her to come see the real dancers Saturday night, but she says she is already going to the country club. Katey wears one of her maids dresses to the country club party and impresses James. ![]() James takes Katey back to the car and assaults her after she refuses to kiss him. She slaps him and runs into the club, and Javier agrees to walk her home. The teacher ( Patrick Swayze ) asks if anyone wants to enter the big dance contest and then dances with Katey for a bit. She asks him to enter the dance contest with her, but he refuses. Meanwhile, it is becoming apparent that Carlos is helping the revolutionaries. They start teaching each other dance moves and Javier convinces her to feel the music. They practice all the time, and Katey dances some more with the dance teacher, until it is the night of the dance. Katey and Javier dance with the other couples on the floor and are chosen to go on to the next round. On the night of the contests final round, while Katey and Javier are on the dance floor, Javier sees his brother and some revolutionaries disguised as waiters, and the police soon try to arrest them. The contest stops as everyone flees the club, and Javier has to save Carlos from the police. Javier and Carlos talk about how they miss their dad, then they hear that Batista has fled the country and join the celebration. The next day, Kateys parents tell her they are leaving Cuba and she has one last night with Javier. They go to the Cuban club where they first danced, and the floor is theirs as they are dubbed King and Queen. Kateys family is there to see her, and Katey narrates that she doesnt know when she will see Javier again, but this will not be their last time to dance together. Sagal wrote the screenplay, which he titled Cuba Mine, about a young American woman who witnessed the Cuban revolution and had a romance with a young Cuban revolutionary.
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