Rumba

Fiona and Dom are teachers at a rural school. They share a passion for Latin dance and they’re deeply in love. On weekends, they enter dance competitions around the country and their house is crammed with trophies. One night, as they are driving back from a competition, they encounter a man on a clumsy suicide mission, standing in the middle of the road. They swerve to avoid him and crash, throwing their lives into turmoil...

Far from being a bleak drama, Rumba has a resolutely optimistic feel – a quality that has characterised the work of award-winning directors and performers Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy since their first feature, Iceberg.

Following in the tradition of the great burlesque comedies of the past, Rumba paints a stylized and colourful world punctuated by flashes of musical comedy. Paying homage to Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati, this highly original and surreal comedy blends theatre, dance, mime and dialogue, with the supporting cast made up of non-professional actors who bring a natural freshness and fragility to the film.