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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 · The Dancer Upstairs benefits from a talented cast and alluring intelligence, although pacing problems prevent this John Malkovich-directed mystery from reaching its full potential. Lawyer turned ...
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- John Malkovich
- R
- Javier Bardem
May 2, 2003 · "The Dancer Upstairs" is elegantly, even languorously, photographed by Jose Luis Alcaine, who doesn't punch into things but regards them, so that we are invited to think about them. That doesn't mean the movie is slow; it moves with a compelling intensity toward its conclusion, which is not a "climax" or a "solution" in the usual police-movie ...
Synopsis. Detective Augustin Rejas (Javier Bardern) attempts to find the mysterious self-styled President Ezequiel (Abel Folk), a Ezequiel, a delusional Marxist-influenced guerrilla who incites the downtrodden masses to join in his brutal revolution against the corrupt fascist government in their unnamed Latin American country.
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Brief Synopsis. 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.
The Dancer Upstairs (2002) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.