''Locos por la música'' ( en, Crazy for the music) is a 1980

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

film directed by

Enrique Dawi Enrique Dawi (1927 - 1988) was an Argentine film director and screenplay writer. He worked mainly in the Cinema of Argentina Cinema of Argentina refers to the film industry based in Argentina. The Argentine cinema comprises the art of film a ...

. It was released in 1980.

Plot

A tropical music band, led by Carlos Palomino (Carlos Balá), embarks on a journey to capture the attention of record label executives. Along the way, audiences can enjoy musical performances by artists like Los Iracundos, Boney M, Bárbara y Dick, Jairo, Mathías, Silvana Di Lorenzo, Laurent Voulzy, Duo Candela, and Danny Cabuche.

Cast

Carlos Balá Carlos Salim Balaa (13 August 1925 – 22 September 2022), known as Carlitos Balá, was an Argentine actor who specialized in children's entertainment. His trademarks were his bowl-cut hairstyle and nonsense catchphrases that include "¿Qué gus ...

Graciela Alfano Graciela Alfano (born 14 December 1952) is an Argentine actress and model. She is best known for her appearances in comedies between the late 1970s and early 1980s which made her a sex symbol. She has worked as a judge on ''Bailando por un sue� ...

Raúl Rossi Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...

* Carlos Calvo *

Santiago Bal Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

* Iris Láinez * María Fernanda *

Vicente La Russa Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: Location *São Vicente, Cap ...

* Tito Mendoza * Ricardo Morán *

Boney M. Boney M. was a German-Caribbean vocal group that specialized in disco and funk created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary songwriter. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group's o ...

* Danny Cabuche * Silvana Di Lorenzo *

Jairo Jairo is a common Spanish name. Notable people with this name include: People Association football *Francisco Jairo Silva Santos (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Jairo Aguirre (born 1956), Colombian footballer *Jairo Álvarez Gutiérrez (born ...

Los Iracundos Los Iracundos are a popular Uruguayan band from the city of Paysandú, active since the 1960s. Their music can be classified as rock and roll, including many ballads. History The Group was formed in 1958 in Paysandú Paysandú () is the capita ...

* Matías *

Laurent Voulzy Lucien Voulzy (, born 18 December 1948), better known as Laurent Voulzy (), is a French singer-songwriter, composer and musician. Life and career Voulzy was born in Paris, France. He originally led the English-pop-influenced Le Temple de Vénus ...

Palito Ortega Ramón Bautista Ortega (; born February 28, 1941) is an Argentine singer and actor, better known as Palito Ortega (). Ortega is an icon of Argentine popular music, and is considered one of the main representatives of the musical style called N ...

* Inés García Escariz * Analía García Escariz * Bárbara Bourse * Fernando Sustaita *

Enzo Bai Enzo is an Italian given name derivative of the German name Heinz. It can be used also as the short form for Lorenzo, Vincenzo, Innocenzo, or Fiorenzo. It is most common in the Romance-speaking world, particularly in Italy and Latin America but ...

* Néstor Mazzei * Fernando Madanes Source:

References

External links

* 1980 films Argentine musical comedy films 1980s Spanish-language films Films directed by Enrique Dawi 1980s Argentine films {{1980s-Argentina-film-stub