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- 2017
- Not Rated
- Pacific Northwest Pictures
- 1 h 48 m
- 2017
- Not Rated
- Pacific Northwest Pictures
- 1 h 48 m
Summary Loïe Fuller (Soko) was the toast of the Folies Bergères at the turn of the 20th century and an inspiration for Toulouse-Lautrec and the Lumière Brothers. The film revolves around her complicated relationship with protégé and rival Isadora Duncan (Lily-Rose Depp).
Directed By: Stéphanie Di Giusto
- 2017
- Not Rated
- Pacific Northwest Pictures
- 1 h 48 m
- 2017
- Not Rated
- Pacific Northwest Pictures
- 1 h 48 m
The Dancer
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Summary Loïe Fuller (Soko) was the toast of the Folies Bergères at the turn of the 20th century and an inspiration for Toulouse-Lautrec and the Lumière Brothers. The film revolves around her complicated relationship with protégé and rival Isadora Duncan (Lily-Rose Depp).
Directed By: Stéphanie Di Giusto
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
29% Negative
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2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
44
14% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
29% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The Dancer is such a bold and assured film, wildly creative and sensual, that it feels far more sophisticated than a debut, and signals Di Giusto as one to watch.
The Dancer clearly needed a better task master behind the camera. There are too many scenes of Fuller physically and mentally suffering for her art as she questions if what she does actually qualifies as dance.
More problematic, even if we accept the film as pure fiction, is its pedestrian construction and ill-conceived script, unlikely to spark interest in one of the most innovative and influential performers of the last century and a quarter.
An airy, prettily accoutered but essentially vapid feature debut for writer-director Stephanie De Giusto.
The strength of the film is its portrait of a female artist at work, doing all the complex backstage and business chores her career requires.
Like Loïe Fuller's serpentine dance, the film is structured on repetition: spinning and spinning but never actually taking us nowhere.
This movie, which stars Stéphanie Sokolinski, the French musician known as Soko, in the role of Fuller, only comes alive during the dance sequences.
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Production Company
Trésor Films,
Wild Bunch,
Orange Studio,
Les Films du Fleuve,
Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF),
Sirena Film,
Canal+,
Ciné+,
VOO,
BE TV,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Cofinova 12,
A Plus Image 6,
Palatine Étoile 13,
Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles,
Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge,
Casa Kafka Pictures,
Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Belfius,
Czech Tax Rebate,
Aide aux Coproductions Minoritaires Tchèques
Release Date Dec 1, 2017
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline At the dawn of the Belle Epoque, a rebellious ingenue became a legend.
Website
http://www.taenzerin-derfilm.de/
Awards
César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Lumiere Awards, France
• 4 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 3 Nominations
