Tony, who is in his mid-fifties, is a lonely wolf by any standards: in the mornings he tours the Parisian countryside as a nonchalantly smoking school bus driver, in the evenings he dreams of great freedom in faraway America. After a heart attack makes him aware of the transience of life, the grumpy loner decides to visit his daughter Maria, who works as a dance teacher in Paris and whose mother he abandoned before Maria was born. Tony wants to get closer to his daughter, but shies away from revealing himself. So he signs up for a rumba class under a false name. But Maria doesn't accept just anyone into her class. Talent is needed! With his neighbor Fanny, Tony trains day and night in hip swings, passion poses and cha-cha rhythms and gets himself a place in Maria's rumba class. But can years of paternal absence be danced away so easily?

With THE RUMBA THERAPY, director Franck Dubosc not only gives scandalous author Michel Houellebecq an unforgettable cinematic appearance in the guest role of a cardiologist-trained shaman. In his film, he succeeds in bringing the joie de vivre of Latin American dances from the dance floor to the big screen. Fiery rhythms and absurd French humor guarantee the best entertainment in this opulent and extremely danceable feelgood comedy about the happiness of responsibility and the hope for a happy ending.