La lambada, la danse interdite

Original title: The Forbidden Dance

1990
PG-13
1h 37m

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4.0/10

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Laura Harring and Jeff James in La lambada, la danse interdite (1990)

A Brazilian princess tries to save the rain forests by introducing the world to the electrifying exotic lambada.

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A Brazilian princess tries to save the rain forests by introducing the world to the electrifying exotic lambada.A Brazilian princess tries to save the rain forests by introducing the world to the electrifying exotic lambada.A Brazilian princess tries to save the rain forests by introducing the world to the electrifying exotic lambada.

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IMDb RATING

4.0/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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I feel ashamed of being Brazilian after watching this movie!

This is a ridiculous film! Not only is there no good dancing , as the title suggests, and moronic dialog, but the writers obviously did not research Brazilian culture whatsoever before making this crappy movie. I'm Brazilian, born and raised, and believe me on this one, there are NO princesses there. Not even anything close! It makes me angry that this movie portrays my country and culture so wrong. Asides from that, the movie makes me laugh because everything is so exaggerated and corny!

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Trivia
The film was based on an idea writers John Platt and Roy Langsdon came up with while driving to producer Menahem Golan's office. The script was commisioned in December 1989, written in 10 days, in production by the end of January 1990, and hit theaters on March 17th, all in an attempt to beat Lambada... le film (1990) to theaters. Both films were released on the same day.

Goofs
Nia is supposed to be an Amazon Princess from Brazil, the glaring mistake being that this character is speaking Spanish, instead of Portuguese, the actual language spoken in Brazil.

Quotes
Nisa: They must stop killing the trees, or the sun will eat the air!

Alternate versions
Post-production was severely rushed to meet its intended March 1990 release date. Two months later, a director's cut was given a limited release in New York City, but this version has never been released on home video (at least in the U.S.).

Connections
Featured in I Love the '90s: 1990 (2004)

Soundtracks
Lambada the Forbidden Dance
Performed by José Feliciano
Appears Courtesy of E.M.I. Records Ltd.
Written by Joseph Goldman, Joe Lamont, Jan Lucas