The Dancer (2016 film)

The Dancer
Theatrical release poster
FrenchLa Danseuse
Directed byStéphanie Di Giusto
Screenplay by
Based onLoïe Fuller: Danseuse de la Belle Époque
by Giovanni Lista
Produced by
  • Alain Attal
  • Emma Javaux
  • Marie Jardillier
Starring
CinematographyBenoît Debie
Edited byGéraldine Mangenot
Music byMax Richter
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Wild Bunch (France)
  • Lumière (Belgium)
  • Film Distribution Artcam (Czech Republic)
Release dates
  • 13 May 2016 (2016-05-13) (Cannes)
  • 28 September 2016 (2016-09-28) (France and Belgium)
  • 19 January 2017 (2017-01-19) (Czech Republic)
Running time
108 minutes[1]
Countries
Languages
Budget$8 million[5][6]
Box office$2 million[7]

The Dancer (French: La Danseuse) is a 2016 biographical historical drama film about dancer Loie Fuller, directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto from a screenplay she co-wrote with Sarah Thiebaud and Thomas Bidegain, based on the novel Loïe Fuller: Danseuse de la Belle Époque by Giovanni Lista. The film stars Soko, Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Thierry, Lily-Rose Depp, François Damiens, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing and Denis Ménochet. The film is a co-production between France, Belgium and Czech Republic.

The film made its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[8] It was released theatrically on 28 September 2016 in France by Wild Bunch and in Belgium by Lumière, and on 19 January 2017 in the Czech Republic by Film Distribution Artcam.[1]


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