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Plot. In an unnamed Latin American republic, in a remote mountainous region of the country, police sergeant Agustin Rejas, a former lawyer who left a job with a prestigious firm to join the police, is in charge of a little used checkpoint. When a pickup truck is stopped at the checkpoint, Rejas grows suspicious of the truck’s occupants.
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
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.
Sep 10, 2012 · Based on Nicholas Shakespeare's novel about the Peruvian police-hunt for the Shining Path guerillas, Malkovich's directorial debut glosses the historical specif.
May 2, 2003 · A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
Nov 20, 2002 · An accomplished and ambitious directorial debut from John Malkovich, "The Dancer Upstairs" is adapted by the British writer Nicholas Shakespeare from his own novel, which itself was inspired by...
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Aug 19, 2014 · The dancer upstairs. by. Nicholas Shakespeare. Publication date. 1997. Topics. Revolutionaries -- Fiction, Guerrillas -- Fiction, Large type books, South America -- Fiction. Publisher. G.K. Hall & Co.
