Sanky Panky is a 2007

2007 in film

This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...

 Dominican Republic comedy film directed by José Enrique "Pinky" Pintor.

The film was produced entirely in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 and highlighted issues about the Dominican diaspora

Diaspora

A diaspora is "the movement, migration, or scattering of people away from an established or ancestral homeland" or "people dispersed by whatever cause to more than one location", or "people settled far from their ancestral homelands".The word has come to refer to historical mass-dispersions of...

, The film was shown at the 24th Chicago Latino Film Festival

Chicago Latino Film Festival

The Chicago Latino Film Festival is a U.S. film festival, focusing on Latin America and Latinos. Held annually in Chicago since 1985, it is organized by the International Latino Cultural Center and sponsored by a number of national corporations as well as by the local Hispanic and Latino community...

 in 2008.

Plot

The film is a comedy

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 about the adventures of Genaro, a broke and desperate sanky-panky

Sanky-panky

A Sanky-panky, or Sanky, is a male sex worker, found in the Caribbean. A sanky-panky solicits on beaches and has clients of both sexes or only women. When with men, the sanky-panky assumes an active A Sanky-panky, or Sanky, is a male sex worker, found in the Caribbean. A sanky-panky solicits on...

who wants to imitate a good friend's fortune by marrying a rich, older American woman.

Cast

• Fausto Mata.....Genaro
• Zdenka Kalina.....Martha
• Tony Pascual.....Chelo
• Aquiles Correa.....Carlitos
• Nurin Sanlley.....Dorothy
• Massimo Burgeti.....Giuseppe