The dancer upstairs [videorecording (DVD)] / Fox Searchlight Pictures and Lolafilms present a Mr. Mudd production in association with Antenna 3 Television and Via Digital, a film by John Malkovich ; producers, Andrés Vicente Gómez, John Malkovich ; screenplay writer, Nicholas Shakespeare ; director, John Malkovich.
Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto, Laura Morante, Elvira Mínguez, Alexandra Lencastre, Oliver Cotton, Luis Miguel Cintra, Javier Manrique, Abel Folk, Marie-Anne Berganza. Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Based on the novel by Nicholas Shakespeare. Special features: making-of featurette: "Revealing 'The dancer upstairs'"; Sundance Channel - journeys with John Malkovich.
Summary:
As a Latin American nation nears collapse, idealistic policeman Agustin Rejas faces his greatest challenge: to catch the mysterious terrorist leader Ezequiel. Mass panic sets in as the terrorist attacks become more ferocious, and Rejas finds himself drawn to Yolanda, his daughter's beautiful ballet teacher. As the search for Ezequil comes nearer, he and Yolanda must choose between love, country or self.
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