The Big Shot-Caller (2008)

A NY story about a lonely outsider who rediscovers his self-esteem through salsa dancing.

Date of release
2008-02-28
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Director
Marlene Rhein

Casting

Interesting facts

The Big Shot-Caller is a 2008 independent dramedy film. Marlene Rhein wrote, directed and co-starred in the film. Rhein wrote the film, inspired by her brother, David, who has Aniridia with Pathologic nystagmus, but overcame the obstacle and became a competitive Salsa dancer. The brother and sister starred in the film together.

Filming

Filming took place in Manhattan, New York in the United States.

The final scene was filmed at Club Shalom in Cali, Colombia, in order to shoot the ending with Rhein's grandfather, a holocaust survivor, who moved his family to Colombia after the war and was still living there at the time of the film shoot.

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