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Director:
Pamela Gibbons
Writer:
Pamela Gibbons (writer)
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Genre:
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Awards:
4 nominations more
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Slightly disturbing film about a young, innocent ballerina who earns money by dancing in a Kings Cross cabaret show more (3 total)

Cast

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Deanna Jeffs ... Belinda
Mary Regan ... Crystal
Kaarin Fairfax ... Sandra
Joy Smithers ... Liz
Elizabeth Lord ... Mandy
Kahti ... Helen
Robyn Moase ... Brenda
Kathryn Walker ... Kathy
John Jarratt ... Graeme
Hazel Phillips ... Doreen

Gerda Nicolson ... Belinda's mother
Alan Cassell ... Belinda's father
Nick Lathouris ... Benny Rose
Bart Pavlovich ... Brazda
Robert Simper ... Brazda's bodyguard
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Midnight Dancer (USA)
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:M
Filming Locations:
New South Wales, Australia more
Company:
Fontana Productions more

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Slightly disturbing film about a young, innocent ballerina who earns money by dancing in a Kings Cross cabaret show, 13 July 1999
7/10
Author: anonymous from Sydney

I thank God there is a ray of light at the end of this well acted, but depressing film. It is about a young ballerina (Belinda) who earns money by dancing in a Kings Cross cabaret theatre. She befriends one of the older dancers who seeks to protect her from some of the other vicious and cynical women who inhabit the theatre. Not that she is successful - in one scene, Belinda is accosted by three women, one of whom proceeds to sexually abuse her. On the same night, the theatre owner announces that the cabaret show is closing, to be replaced by a disco. Belinda's protector, who sees no future for herself now, commits suicide while the other dancers are completing their final routine. Belinda, barely recovered from her assault, seems destroyed, but she regains her strength in the following weeks to succeed in an audition to a professional ballet company. The point of the film seems to be that despite her descent into hell, Belinda emerges with her own values and virtue intact.

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