Sanky Panky (2007)

Directed by

José Enrique Pintor

Genre

musical film

Country

Dominican Republic

Runtime

1h 51m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A working-class Dominican man named Genaro takes a job at a beach resort. He hopes to find a relationship with a foreign tourist and improve his financial situation.

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What happens

Sanky Panky is a 2007 Dominican Republic musical comedy film written and directed by José Enrique Pintor. The film stars Fausto Mata, Zdenka Kalina, Tony Pascual, Aquiles Correa, Nuryn Sanlley and Massimo Borghetti. It follows Genaro, a working-class Dominican man who takes a job at a beach resort in the hope of forming a relationship with a foreign tourist and improving his economic circumstances. The title refers to the Dominican expression sanky-panky, commonly used for a man who pursues relationships with foreign tourists, often in the hope of obtaining financial support or an opportunity to emigrate. Released in the Dominican Republic on 1 February 2007, Sanky Panky became a major commercial success. Within five and a half weeks, it had exceeded 515,000 admissions across more than 36 cinemas in the country. A 2025 retrospective reported that it remained in cinemas for more than four months, was seen by close to one million people and continued to rank as the highest-grossing film in the history of Dominican cinema when adjusted for inflation. Its success led to three further instalments: Sanky Panky 2 (2013), Sanky Panky 3 (2018) and Sanky Panky 4: De Safari (2025). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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