The Dancer (2000 film)

2000 French film

Mia Frye
Garland Whitt
Rodney Eastman
Josh Lucas
Féodor Atkine
Jarrod Bunch
Cut Killer

CinematographyThierry ArbogastEdited bySylvie LandraMusic byPascal Lafa

Production
companies

EuropaCorp
TF1 Films Production

Distributed byEuropaCorp. Distribution (France)
20th Century Fox (Worldwide)

Release date

19 May 2000 (2000-05-19)

(Cannes Film Festival)

Running time

89 minutesCountryFranceLanguageEnglishBudgetFRF 77,000,000 (Estimated)^[1]

The Dancer is a 2000 English-language French drama film starring Mia Frye. It was written by Jessica Kaplan and Luc Besson (who also produced the film) and directed by Frédéric Garson. The film was first shown at the Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2000.

Plot

A young, mute dancer is a huge success at her neighborhood in Brooklyn. She dreams to become a professional dancer and struggles to make the cut in an audition for a Broadway show.

Cast

Mia Frye as India Rey
Garland Whitt as Jasper Rey
Rodney Eastman as Isaac
Josh Lucas as Stephane
Féodor Atkine as Oscar
Jarrod Bunch as Bruno
Cut Killer as DJ Atomic

Reception

Shannon J. Harvey from Urban Cinefile called it "an interesting indy project for Luc Besson" and wrote: "most audiences should love this short-lived melodrama, even if it leaves them wanting more."^[2] Richard Scheib from Moria.co gave it two and a half stars and criticized several aspects of film, including the ending and dance numbers.^[3]

References

^ "Budget". IMDB. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^ J. Harvey, Shannon. "DANCER, THE". Urban Cinefile. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^ Scheib, Richard. "The Dancer". Moria.co. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

External links

The Dancer at IMDb
The Dancer at Rotten Tomatoes

Luc Besson

Filmography

Films

Directed	Le Dernier Combat (1983) Subway (1985) The Big Blue (1988) La Femme Nikita (1990) Atlantis (1991) Léon: The Professional (1994) The Fifth Element (1997) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) Angel-A (2005) Arthur and the Minimoys (2006) Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2010) The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) The Lady (2011) The Family (2013) Lucy (2014) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) Anna (2019) Dogman (2023) Dracula: A Love Tale (2025)
Written	Kamikaze (1986) Taxi (1998) Taxi 2 (2000) The Dancer (2000) Kiss of the Dragon (2001) Wasabi (2001) Yamakasi (2001) The Transporter (2002) Fanfan la Tulipe (2003) Taxi 3 (2003) Michel Vaillant (2003) Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004) District 13 (2004) Revolver (2005) Transporter 2 (2005) Unleashed (2005) Bandidas (2006) Taxi 4 (2007) Taken (2008) Transporter 3 (2008) District 13: Ultimatum (2009) From Paris with Love (2010) Colombiana (2011) Lockout (2012) Taken 2 (2012) 3 Days to Kill (2014) Brick Mansions (2014) Taken 3 (2015) The Transporter Refueled (2015) The Warriors Gate (2016) Renegades (2017) Arthur, malédiction (2022)
Produced	Cold Moon (1991) Nil by Mouth (1997) Chaos and Desire (2002) Les Côtelettes (2003) Taxi (2004) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) Love and Other Disasters (2006) Nuovomondo (2006) Tell No One (2006) The Secret (2007) Hitman (2007) Taken (2008) Home (2009) Staten Island (2009) 22 Bullets (2010) The Source (2011) A Monster in Paris (2011) Collision (2013) Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013) The Homesman (2014) Taxi 5 (2018)