The Dancer (2016)

Original title

La Danseuse

Directed by

Stéphanie Di Giusto

Genre

drama film, biographical film, musical film

Country

Czech Republic, France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

12

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 206 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of Loie Fuller, a dancer who performed in the late 1800s. It shows how she created her famous dance with flowing fabric and lights.

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What happens

The Dancer (French: La Danseuse) is a 2016 biographical historical drama film about dancer Loie Fuller, directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto from a screenplay she co-wrote with Sarah Thiebaud and Thomas Bidegain, based on the novel Loïe Fuller: Danseuse de la Belle Époque by Giovanni Lista. The film stars Soko, Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Thierry, Lily-Rose Depp, François Damiens, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing and Denis Ménochet. The film is a co-production between France, Belgium and Czech Republic. The film made its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. It was released theatrically on 28 September 2016 in France by Wild Bunch and in Belgium by Lumière, and on 19 January 2017 in the Czech Republic by Film Distribution Artcam. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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