The Forbidden Dance (1990) Poster

Laura Harring: Nisa

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

  • Nisa : You want to see the lambada? I'll SHOW you the lambada!

  • Jason : [to the 'hired help']  Come on! You look great! Mom would die if she saw how you look in her dress.

    Nisa : I do not wish to make your mother upset, Jay-sonn.

    Jason : My Mom likes being upset. She's made it a lifestyle. Come on, I want you to meet some of my friends.

  • Nisa : [shots get fired]  Stop!

    Benjamin Maxwell : English? I'm impressed. I'm very impressed.

    Nisa : Father sent me to the missionaries to learn about the white man.

    Benjamin Maxwell : Right.

    [nods] 

    Benjamin Maxwell : Honey, you get your people on these trucks. I have a forest to clear.

    Nisa : This is our home.

    Benjamin Maxwell : You got five minutes to get on those trucks. If you stay, you burn with the trees. Now get them on the trucks!

  • Jason : Where were we? Oh, yeah, that dance you taught me back there...

    Nisa : The lambada?

    Jason : Yeah. Why do they call it the forbidden dance?

    Nisa : Twenty years ago, the government of Brazil forbid it because it was too sexy.

    [chuckles] 

    Jason : [surprised]  Get out of town!

    [both laugh merrily] 

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