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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. [3]
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.
- (6.9K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- John Malkovich
- 2003-05-23
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.
Jan 14, 2002 · But in his uncommonly ambitious directing debut "The Dancer Upstairs," John Malkovich has tackled a dense and demanding political drama that owes more to Costa Gavras than to any American ...
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May 2, 2003 · The Dancer Upstairs. (2002) R 05/02/2003 (US) Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller 2h 12m. User. Score. What's your Vibe? Play Trailer. An honest man caught in a world of intrigue, power and passion.
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.
