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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.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- John Malkovich
- 2003-05-23
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.
The Dancer Upstairs is a 1995 novel by Nicholas Shakespeare. It is based on the Maoist insurgency of the 1980s in Peru, and tells the story of Agustin Rejas, a police Lieutenant (later promoted to Captain), hunting a terrorist based on Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path.
- Nicholas Shakespeare
- 1995
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.
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- John Malkovich
- 132 min
- 13
May 2, 2003 · 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.
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May 2, 2003 · Nicholas Shakespeare. John Malkovich. A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
