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Dance Me to My Song (1998)

Dance Me to My Song poster
Directed by
Rolf de Heer
Genre
drama film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
M
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman with cerebral palsy endures abuse from her carer. She then pursues a romantic connection with the carer's boyfriend.

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What happens

Dance Me to My Song is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer. The story follows a woman with cerebral palsy who is abused by her professional carer (played by Joey Kennedy) but later seduces the carer's boyfriend (played by John Brumpton). After the film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, A documentary was made entitled Heather Rose Goes to Cannes that followed the journey of the actress playing Julia, Heather Rose, from living alone in Adelaide to attending the festival in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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