Year			2003
Country			Spain / U.S.A.
Genre			Drama
Rating			14A
Length			2:04
Director			John Malkovich
Writer			Nicholas Shakespeare
Company			20th Century Fox
Starring			Javier Bardem Laura Morante Juan Diego Botto Elvira Mínguez Alexandra Lencastre Oliver Cotton Show more... Javier Bardem Laura Morante Juan Diego Botto Elvira Mínguez Alexandra Lencastre Oliver Cotton Luis Miguel Cintra Javier Manrique Abel Folk Marie-Anne Verganza Lucas Rodríguez Xabier Elorriaga Natalia Dicenta

THE DANCER UPSTAIRS is a riveting political drama set in an undetermined Latin American city. A revolution has started, and the local police have been assigned to figure out who is leading it and what exactly the revolutionaries want. Agustin Rejas (Javier Bardem) is the detective leading the investigation. However, with the military involved and corrupt government officials making Rejas's job especially difficult, he faces constant frustrations. The leader of the revolution goes by the name Ezequiel, but the police cannot figure out his true identity. Even more beguiling are the increasingly violent terrorist incidents that appear to be carried out by children who swear their loyalty to Ezequiel with no explanation of why. Caught up in the middle of the revolution and Rejas's investigation are his wife, his young daughter, and his daughter's lovely ballet teacher, Yolanda (Laura Morante). One event after the next adds to the suspense and nagging anxiety felt by Rejas, until finally, with one shocking discovery, everything becomes frighteningly clear.