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The dancer upstairs Fox Searchlight Pictures and Lolafilms present ; a Mr. Mudd production ; a film by John Malkovich ; produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez and John Malkovich ; directed by John Malkovich

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Malkovich, John, film director, film producer.
Vicente Gómez, Andrés, film producer.
Bardem, Javier, 1969- actor.
Botto, Juan Diego, actor.
Morante, Laura, 1956- actor.
Mínguez, Elvira, actor.
Cotton, Oliver, 1944- actor.
Daigeler, Bina, costume designer.
Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957- screenwriter.
Limbosch, Pierre-François, production desginer.
Iglesias, Alberto, composer (expression).
Battistel, Mario, editor of moving image work.
Alcaine, José Luis, director of photography.
Fox Searchlight Pictures, presenter.
Lola Films (Firm), presenter.
Mr. Mudd (Firm), production company.
Language:
English
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Latin America.
Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957-.
Police.
Ballet dancers.
Terrorists.
Genre:
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 13 min., 9 sec.)) sound, color
Place of Publication:
[Madrid, Spain] [Lolafilms] [2001]
Language Note:
English or Spanish with optional closed captioning in English
System Details:
video file
Summary:
"A political drama set in a Latin American country entrenched in revolutionary chaos, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS marks John Malkovich s directorial debut. Javier Bardem plays a policeman charged with finding the legendary guerilla leader who is planning to overthrow the corrupt government. The teacher of his daughter s ballet class, played by Laura Morante, provides his only solace from an empty marriage and the war into which he has been thrust'-- From Criterion on-Demand
Participant:
Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto, Laura Morante, Elvira Mínguez, Oliver Cotton, Natalia Dicenta
Credits:
Costume design, Bina Daigeler ; production designer, Pierre-François Limbosh ; editor, Mario Battistel ; original music, Alberto Iglesias ; director of photography, José Luis Alcaine ; screenplay by Nicholas Shakespeare
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002
Based on a novel by Nicholas Shakespeare
Online resource; title from title frame (Criterion on-Demand; viewed July 16, 2025)
OCLC:
1158606617
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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