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The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
6.9
Ratings: 6.9/10 from 4,279 users
Metascore:
64/100
Reviews: 68 user | 85 critic | 40 from Metacritic.com
A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader. Director:John Malkovich |
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Agustín Rejas
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Sucre
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| Laura Morante | ... |
Yolanda
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| Elvira Mínguez | ... |
Llosa
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Alexandra Lencastre | ... |
Sylvina Rejas
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Oliver Cotton | ... |
Merino
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Luís Miguel Cintra | ... |
Calderón
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Javier Manrique | ... |
Clorindo
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Abel Folk | ... |
Ezequiel
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Durán
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Marie-Anne Berganza | ... |
Laura
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Lucas Rodríguez | ... |
Gómez
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Xabier Elorriaga | ... |
Pascual
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| Natalia Dicenta | ... |
Marina
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| Wolframio Sinué | ... |
Santiago
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Ramiro Jiménez | ... |
Sergeant Pisac
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The story of Detective Agustin Rejas, a man clinging to the hope of an impossible love in an impossible world. Tracking Ezequiel, a delusional anarchist who incites the downtrodden masses to join in his brutal revolution against the fascist government in their unnamed Latin American country, Rejas finds solace in his sense of self-respect and the joy that his daughter and wife bring him. Then he meets Yolanda--his daughter's soulfully beautiful ballet teacher--a woman who sparks his long-forgotten passions and represents all that is good and all that is corrupt in their troubled country. But she, who appears to be a shelter from the storm, may in actuality be the storm's eye. Ultimately, as the revolution intensifies and the net closes around hunter and hunted alike, the dancer's truth will prove as elusive as the revolutionary's cause and the detective's peace. Written by Sujit R. Varma
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(Spain) See more »Also Known As:
Pasos de baile See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
€100,224 (Spain) (22 September 2002) (71 Screens)Gross:
$5,227,348 (Worldwide) (2004)Company Credits
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Sucre: What sort of a person would do that?
Agustín Rejas: I don't know, but I wouldn't entirely rule out a cat-lover.
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(1886)
from "Le Carnaval des Animaux"
Written by Camille Saint-Saëns (as Camile Saints-Saëns)
Performed by Mischa Maisky and Martha Argerich (as Marta Argerich)
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In the beginning of the film, one of the revolutionaries tells a checkpoint security guard that his dead dog's name is Tupac. Tupac Amaru was the last indigenous leader of the Inca people in Peru and Tupac Amaru II was the leader of the 1780s uprising in colonial day Cusco, Peru. (The late hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur is named after the latter). See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: Throughout the film, Ezequiel also denounces Chinese Premier Deng Xiaoping. Deng ruled China from 1976 to 1989. However, when Det. Lt. Agustín Rejas browses through several women's magazines such as Glamour, he encounters "recent" pictures of models such as Josie Maran and Gisele Bündchen. Maran didn't start her modeling career until 1990, a year after Deng left office. See more »Quotes
[Rejas and Sucre are looking at a dead dog hanging from a lamp-post, with dynamite stuck down its throat]Sucre: What sort of a person would do that?
Agustín Rejas: I don't know, but I wouldn't entirely rule out a cat-lover.
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"Le Cygne"(1886)
from "Le Carnaval des Animaux"
Written by Camille Saint-Saëns (as Camile Saints-Saëns)
Performed by Mischa Maisky and Martha Argerich (as Marta Argerich)
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