The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
(Pasos de baile)
Country: SP/US
Technical: col 133m
Director: John Malkovich
Cast: Javier Bardem, Laura Morante, Juan Diego Botto
Synopsis:
In a Latin American country a policeman investigates a series of atrocities committed in the name of one Ezequiel, whom it turns out he met years before on border guard duty. As the authorities declare martial law he becomes more and more involved in the search and estranged from his superficial wife.
Review:
There is almost too much in the screenplay for one movie (the marriage is so sidelined one wonders why it is there at all, one yearns to know more about the character Ezequiel) but Bardem maintains a definite grip on the audience attention and Malkovich orchestrates all the themes and characters with audacity, producing some memorable images and sequences and a chilling sense of impotence at the end.
(Pasos de baile)
Country: SP/US
Technical: col 133m
Director: John Malkovich
Cast: Javier Bardem, Laura Morante, Juan Diego Botto
Synopsis:
In a Latin American country a policeman investigates a series of atrocities committed in the name of one Ezequiel, whom it turns out he met years before on border guard duty. As the authorities declare martial law he becomes more and more involved in the search and estranged from his superficial wife.
Review:
There is almost too much in the screenplay for one movie (the marriage is so sidelined one wonders why it is there at all, one yearns to know more about the character Ezequiel) but Bardem maintains a definite grip on the audience attention and Malkovich orchestrates all the themes and characters with audacity, producing some memorable images and sequences and a chilling sense of impotence at the end.
(Pasos de baile)
Country: SP/US
Technical: col 133m
Director: John Malkovich
Cast: Javier Bardem, Laura Morante, Juan Diego Botto
Synopsis:
In a Latin American country a policeman investigates a series of atrocities committed in the name of one Ezequiel, whom it turns out he met years before on border guard duty. As the authorities declare martial law he becomes more and more involved in the search and estranged from his superficial wife.
Review:
There is almost too much in the screenplay for one movie (the marriage is so sidelined one wonders why it is there at all, one yearns to know more about the character Ezequiel) but Bardem maintains a definite grip on the audience attention and Malkovich orchestrates all the themes and characters with audacity, producing some memorable images and sequences and a chilling sense of impotence at the end.