The Dancer Upstairs (2002)

Directed by

John Malkovich

Genre

drama film, crime film, thriller film, political film

Country

United States, Spain

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police detective in an unnamed Latin American country investigates a series of violent political attacks by a shadowy revolutionary leader. As he gets closer to the truth, his personal life and job become intertwined in dangerous ways.

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What happens

The Dancer Upstairs is a 2002 Spanish-American crime thriller film produced and directed by John Malkovich (in his directorial debut), and starring Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto and Laura Morante. The film is an adaptation of the 1995 novel The Dancer Upstairs by Nicholas Shakespeare, who also wrote the screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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