Summary: This sensual exuberant work by the gifted Mexican director Maria Novaro tells the story of Julia (Maria Rojo) a 40-year-old telephone operator and single mother whose emotional life consists only of the danzon a weekly ballroom dance. When her dancing partner disappears Julia undertakes a grueling odyssey to locate him. More importantly this search sets her on an extraordinary inner voyage. "One of the most enchanting surprises of the season" (Andrew Sarris). With Carmen Salinas Blanca Guerra and Tito Vasconcelos.