''Rumba'' is a 2008 comedy film starring

Dominique Abel Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon are Belgian film and stage directors, writers and actors. Career Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon have worked as a writing and directing team through most of their professional careers. They made their directing de ...

and

Fiona Gordon Fiona is a feminine given name. The name is associated with the Gaelic traditions of Ireland and Scotland (through the poetry of James Macpherson), but has also become popular in England.. It can be considered either a Latinisation of names, Lati ...

as a married couple who love Latin dancing, and

Bruno Romy Bruno may refer to: People and fictional characters * Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname * Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880) * Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologn ...

as a depressed man trying to commit suicide. It was an entry in the

International Critics' Week The International Critics' Week (french: Semaine de la Critique) was founded in 1962 and is organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created following the showing of '' The Connection'' directed by Shirley Clarke which had been ...

during the

2008 Cannes Film Festival The 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 14 to 25 May 2008. The President of the Official Jury was American actor and director Sean Penn. Twenty two films from fourteen countries were selected to compete for the ''Palme d'Or''. The awards ...

Critical reception

With its semi-silent style, the movie was generally well received by the critics. It has a fresh (86%) rating on

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.Review
on

. (Accessed 2010-11-06)

References

External links

Official website
* 2008 films Belgian comedy films French comedy films 2008 comedy films 2000s French-language films French-language Belgian films 2000s French films {{Belgium-film-stub