The Dancer Upstairs Page #4

Synopsis: The story of Detective Agustin Rejas, a man clinging to the hope of an impossible love in an impossible world. Tracking Ezequiel, a delusional anarchist who incites the downtrodden masses to join in his brutal revolution against the fascist government in their unnamed Latin American country, Rejas finds solace in his sense of self-respect and the joy that his daughter and wife bring him. Then he meets Yolanda--his daughter's soulfully beautiful ballet teacher--a woman who sparks his long-forgotten passions and represents all that is good and all that is corrupt in their troubled country. But she, who appears to be a shelter from the storm, may in actuality be the storm's eye. Ultimately, as the revolution intensifies and the net closes around hunter and hunted alike, the dancer's truth will prove as elusive as the revolutionary's cause and the detective's peace.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): John Malkovich
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
R
Year:
2002
132 min
£2,400,000
Website
205 Views


taken by a secret wing of the army...

...or by drug cartels,

or by student organizations...

...in fact, may not have been.

Well, then who's behind it?

We have a name, don't we?

We do now have a name.

But so far, there isn't a manifesto.

There isn't a plan.

There isn't a spokesperson.

We don't have any clue as

to who the leaders are.

There isn't an organization,

or a known HQ.

There is only someone called Ezequiel.

So, what you're saying is...

...we don't know what he or she is...

...who they are, or what they want.

No, sir.

- Can you speak?

- Yes.

Do you have any conclusion?

It appears a revolution

could be going on.

But a revolution that has yet

to declare itself in that orientation.

For the moment.

Tomcats.

Do you know anything

about them, Rejas?

No, sir.

If you're looking for a tomcat,

you don't send two dogs up an alley...

...because they knock over

garbage cans, they fight...

...f*** each other in the ribs.

Cat leaps up a tree and pisses on them.

You send in someone who knows

the other one's way of thinking.

How he smells, you know.

Well, how to meow.

You send in another tomcat.

So I want you to be my tomcat, Rejas.

Very well, sir.

Sweetheart.

Hi.

Where is your mother?

- Hi, honey.

- Hi.

Marco sent the camera and the film.

He got it for his birthday

and he already has one.

Agustin, I know we can't

afford it now, but...

Which one do you prefer?

I can't decide.

The one you already have.

You're just saying that.

It changed Marina's life.

- Marina's had a nose job?

- My God, Agustin.

How can you be a detective?

She's had three nose jobs

since you've known her.

Why do you want to

look like your friends?

I don't want to look like my friends.

I just don't want to spend any more

of my life reminding people of Pinocchio.

- I've been promoted.

- Really?

I might even be paid now.

nine months later

We wait six weeks for him

to put another packet in the fridge...

...and last night, we grab him.

But what's in the packet this time?

A leg of f***ing ham.

We have to let him go.

Six weeks watching

a f***ing freezer!

Did you confiscate the ham?

Yes, it's what we had for lunch.

What about the student haunts?

We've got four cafes under surveillance,

but we have to do it in rotation.

It takes a lot of manpower.

Keep at it for the moment.

What else have we got?

Two homosexuals beheaded.

And they shot the mayor of Silar

in a barbershop.

Silar?

Any suspects?

Just 23 million.

Then we're narrowing it down.

If he's a democrat,

then I'm an astronaut.

They could find him

if they wanted to.

They know him.

Quite a few people know him.

And even more people know

why we need him.

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Nicholas Shakespeare

Nicholas William Richmond Shakespeare FRSL (born 3 March 1957) is a British novelist and biographer, described by the Wall Street Journal as "one of the best English novelists of our time". more…

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