The Dancer
Synopsis
She has one passion: dance. One ambition: to dance on Broadway. One handicap: she’s mute. Saturday nights, in New York nightclubs, she confronts the hottest DJs and no matter what the music, techno, funk, jazz or soul, she swirls to the beat and holds the amazed onlookers in her hand. One night, a young scientist in the crowd notices her and is immediately bewitched. With her, he’ll invent a system that will allow her to dance, express herself and to love…
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Director (1)
Actors (14)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : EuropaCorp
- Co-production : TF1 Films Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : EuropaCorp
- French distribution : ARP Sélection SAS
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producer : Luc Besson
- Screenwriters : Jessica Kaplan, Luc Besson
- Director of Photography : Thierry Arbogast
- Music Composer : Pascal Lafa
- Assistant directors : Fabien Peborde, Carole Amen
- Editor : Sylvie Landra
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Excoffier
- Costume designer : Olivier Bériot
- Line Producer : Bernard Grenet
- Production Manager : Thierry Guilmard
- Press Attaché (film) : Isabelle Sauvanon
- Sound Editor : Ken Yasumoto
- Assistant editors : Soline Guyonneau, Delphine Illouz
- Production Designer : Dan Weil
- Sound Mixer : Hervé Buirette
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : English
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : No
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
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“The Dancer” is a film with the great merit of never taking itself for what it isn’t. Put simply, the story is based on long musical scenes transcended by the impressive physical performance of Mia Frye, an attractive newcomer whose dancing talents are more important to the script than her acting skills. Since France’s most famous DJ, Cut Killer, was at the controls, this efficient and unpretentious movie might well find itself a place in the sun.”
Jean-Philippe Guérand, “France-Soir,” June 7, 2000
