Body Language (2011)

An hour before the five best Dutch dance crews fly to a contest in New York, the subsidized trip is cancelled. Five dancers from totally different crews don't want to give up their free ... See full summary »

Director:

Jeffrey Elmont

Writer:

Tijs van Marle

Stars:

Lorenzo van Velzen Bottazzi, Floris Bosveld, Boris Schreurs

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Lorenzo van Velzen Bottazzi	...	Samuel
Floris Bosveld	...	Brian
Boris Schreurs	...	Ray
Sabine Soetanto	...	Dancer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chandler Bullock	...	(voice)
Vivian Gomez Cardoso	...	Dancer
Luciano Hiwat	...	Bobby
Ingrid Jansen	...	Nina
Sigourney Korper	...	Tara
Brad Krupsaw	...	Cody
Michael Milagros	...	Britney
Ruben Solognier	...	Quincy
Pim Wessels	...	Teecee

Storyline

An hour before the five best Dutch dance crews fly to a contest in New York, the subsidized trip is cancelled. Five dancers from totally different crews don't want to give up their free plane ticket and go anyway. In New York they realize what they've done. They have no money, no plan and no crew. But... They came to dance so there is only one thing to do. Together they form a new crew and do everything they can to enter the contest they came for. In the mean time... they have to survive two weeks in New York without any cash.

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Plot Keywords:

dance | bed | wheelchair | sex scene | night club | 

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Taglines:

The Dream is New York, The Language is Dance

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Genres:

Drama | Music

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User Reviews

Can The Netherlands compete with Hollywood? Yes, we can!

I was, admittedly, very sceptical when I first heard of this film. A Dutch film basically taking on the successful Step Up-franchise is a big challenge, especially as it will take an enormous amount of effort to persuade the sceptics who believe that it doesn't get any better than Step Up. What more can one do than create a film that is full of great music (and I dislike R&B!), loads of dancing with quite an impressive array of brilliant moves and attractive leads? Well, how about making sure that all scenes are wonderfully lit and beautifully shot and editing the film in such a way that you can immediately see that these people really are great dancers, rather than trying to fool the audience with cheap editing tricks? Even the script is better than you would expect. It wastes no time on its strange premise and doesn't try to keep us wondering if this group of misfits is going to succeed. The story lines aren't particularly original, but it's quite refreshing to see a film in which dancing is not presented as a solution to all the problems, but as a means of expressing who you are and what you feel. In the end it's not the victory that counts, but the pains, the hardships, the love and friendship you meet along the way. This isn't highbrow stuff by any means, but dance flicks really don't get any better than this.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch English

Release Date:

6 October 2011 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Born to Dance

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

EUR2,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,512,427

Company Credits

Production Co:

A-Film Distribution, Flinck Film, Johan Nijenhuis & Co

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1