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The Dancer and the Thief (Spanish: El baile de la victoria) is a 2009 drama film directed by Fernando Trueba. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by author Antonio Skármeta. It was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.




Plot


Following the 1988 national plebiscite and the arrival of democracy in Chile, the president declares a general amnesty for all prisoners who were convicted of non-violent crimes.
Among these released prisoners are the young Ángel Santiago and the veteran Vergara Grey, a notorious thief. The two have different aspirations: while Vergara Grey only wishes to reunite with his family and start anew, Ángel dreams of seeking revenge against the prison warden and carrying out a major heist with Grey. However, Ángel's plans change when he meets the young Victoria, a ballet dancer who hasn't spoken since losing her parents as a child during the Chilean dictatorship.
The lives of all three characters are irreversibly transformed as they face a new future.




Cast


Ricardo Darín as Vergara Grey
Abel Ayala as Ángel Santiago
Miranda Bodenhöfer as Victoria Ponce
Ariadna Gil as Teresa Capriatti
Julio Jung as warden Santoro




Production


Adapting the Antonio Skármeta's novel El baile de la Victoria, Fernando Trueba, Jonás Trueba and Skármeta himself collaborated in the writing of the screenplay. The film was produced by Fernando Trueba P.C. Shooting started in Chile in July 2008.
Trueba said of the film:
“I am proud of how I have portrayed [Santiago], I believe it is very interesting visually. This is above all a romantic film, but with elements of comedy and film noir. It’s film-noir and it is western, it’s realist and very romantic. Definitively Latin American.”




Release


Distributed by Notro Films, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 27 November 2009.
The film was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.




Reception






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See also


List of Spanish films of 2009
Cinema of Chile
List of submissions to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
List of Spanish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film




References






External links


The Dancer and the Thief at IMDb

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