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The Dancer Upstairs is a 2002 Spanish-American crime thriller film produced and directed by John Malkovich (in his directorial debut), and starring Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto and Laura Morante. The film is an adaptation of the 1995 novel The Dancer Upstairs by Nicholas Shakespeare, who also wrote the screenplay.
- $5.2 million
- The Dancer Upstairs, by Nicholas Shakespeare
May 23, 2003 · The Dancer Upstairs: Directed by John Malkovich. With Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto, Laura Morante, Elvira Mínguez. A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
- (6.8K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- John Malkovich
- 2003-05-23
May 2, 2003 · Lawyer turned police detective Agustin Rejas (Javier Bardem) is on the case of a domestic terrorist cell whose tactics range from the mischievous to the homicidal, led by self-proclaimed President...
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- John Malkovich
- R
- Javier Bardem
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May 2, 2003 · Powered by JustWatch. John Malkovich 's "The Dancer Upstairs" was filmed before 9/11, and is based on a novel published in 1997, but has an eerie timeliness in its treatment of a terrorist movement that works as much through fear as though violence. Filmed in Ecuador, it stars Javier Bardem as Augustin, an inward, troubled man who left the ...
Summaries. A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader. The story of Detective Agustin Rejas, a man clinging to the hope of an impossible love in an impossible world. Tracking Ezequiel, a delusional anarchist who incites the downtrodden masses to join in his brutal revolution ...
Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Read More. As a Latin American nation nears collapse under a highly organized terrorist movement, idealistic policeman Agustin Rejas faces the greatest challenge of his career: to catch the mysterious guerilla leader Ezequiel. The brains behind the bloody revolution that threatens to bring the government and e.
All Audience. Verified Audience. Brandon Judell indieWire. TOP CRITIC. With a clever Graham-Greene-esque script, choice acting by the whole ensemble (especially Bardem), fine music by Alberto...
