Directed by:
Frédéric GarsonCinematography:
Thierry ArbogastCast:
Mia Frye, Rodney Eastman, Josh Lucas, Féodor Atkine, Jérôme Pradon, Jane Gilchrist, Sarah Pratt, Goûchy Boy, Tonio Descanvelle, Joe Sheridan, Raphaël Haroche (more)VOD (1)
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Based on an original idea by celebrated French director Luc Besson, The Dancer follows the struggle of its eponymous heroine, a mute dancer by the name of India Rey (Mia Frye), to perform on the Broadway stage. Every Saturday night, India, who teaches movement to school children by day, wins the weekly dance contest at a local Brooklyn disco. Under the management of her brother, Jasper (Garland Whitt), a surly meat delivery boy, she makes the cut at an open audition for a Broadway show. Her dreams are aborted when she is dismissed by the director after giving her name in sign language, and she is told that her disability will hold back the rehearsal process. India despairs, but help is on its way in the unlikely form of Isaac (Rodney Eastman), a stuttering scientist infatuated with her. Isaac toils in his lab to invent something that will allow India to translate her movement into sound, effectively clearing her path to big-time success. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Mia Frye
USA
Best movies:
The Fifth Element (1997)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
The Black Dahlia (2006)
Rodney Eastman
Canada
Best movies:
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Janie Jones (2010)
Fix (2008)
Josh Lucas
USA
Best movies:
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Féodor Atkine
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
Jérôme Pradon
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables in Concert (1995) (theatrical recording)
Sharpe's Company (1994) (TV movie)
Jesus Christ Superstar (2000) (TV movie)
Jane Gilchrist
Best movies:
The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002) (TV movie)
The Dancer (2000)
The Woods (2006)
Sarah Pratt
Best movies:
Brief Crossing (2001)
The Last Mistress (2007)
The Role of Her Life (2004)
Goûchy Boy
Best movies:
The Last Kiss (2006)
The Assignment (1997)
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Tonio Descanvelle
Best movies:
The Crimson Rivers (2000)
The Transporter (2002)
Poetical Refugee (2000)
Joe Sheridan
Best movies:
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Champagne Charlie (1989) (TV movie)
What If...? (2008)
Raphaël Haroche
France
Best movies:
Maybe (1999)
What Love May Bring (2010)
The Dancer (2000)
Kentaro Ito
Japan
Best movies:
Ride Your Wave (2019)
Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
My Love Story!! (2015)
Cybèle Villemagne
Best movies:
The Dancer (2000)
Black (2009)
Une femme d'honneur (1996) (series)
Ben Lin
China
Best movies:
Gardens of the Night (2008)
Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
The Revenant (2009)
Garland Whitt
Best movies:
The Hurricane (1999)
Neo Ned (2005)
Training Day (2001)
Lise Roy
Best movies:
The Age of Ignorance (2007)
The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
Tom at the Farm (2013)
Jarrod Bunch
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Two for the Money (2005)
Don King: Only in America (1997) (TV movie)