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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.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- John Malkovich
- 2003-05-23
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
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.
Nov 20, 2002 · An ex-lawyer turned policeman, Rejas (Bardem) is ordered by his superiors to head up a small team to track down the elusive Ezekiel. The inspector's investigation leads him back to the countryside...
Nov 27, 2002 · A lesson in how to deal with actors and chicken psychologists from John Malkovich, director of "The Dancer Upstairs".
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Oct 16, 2003 · Set in an unnamed South American country, it's up to policeman Javier Bardem to clean house in a land gripped by guerrilla terrorist fear.