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Pasos de baile/The Dancer Upstairs / The Dancer Upstairs

2002 Zabaltegi - Festivals Top
John Malkovich
Spain - USA      135 m.
Synopsis
Synopsis
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Agent Agustín Rejas is given the job of catching the famous guerrilla leader, Ezequiel, principal instigator of a peasant uprise threatening to hit the cities and topple the Government. Alarmed by the brutal intimidating tactics employed by Ezequiel's supporters, the army decides to react equally or more violently, creating a climate of collective panic. Rejas follows the tracks of the already legendary Ezequiel under the shadow cast bythe the rebels' obvious advance. Only in his daughter's ballet teacher, Yolanda, does he find the strength to keep going.
Director
John Malkovich
Screenplay
Nicholas Shakespeare
Photography
José Luis Alcaine
Edition
Mario Battistel
Music
Alberto Iglesias
Cast
Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto, Laura Morante, Elvira Mínguez, Alejandra Lencastre
Sales
Fox Searchlight Pictures P.O. Box 900 Los Angeles, CA 90213 Tel. 1 310 369 45 41
Running Time
135 m.
Country
Spain - USA
Archive
2002. 50th Edition - 19-28 September
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