Dancer in the Dark
In a world of shadows, she found the light of life.
20002h 20mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Crime
Overview
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.
Keywords
- mother son relationship
- murder
- dying and death
- court
- small town
- robbery
- musical
- dancing
- factory worker
- immigrant
- execution
- individual
- police officer
- female friendship
- daydreaming
- blindness and impaired vision
- debt
- eye operation
- naivety
- hereditary disease
- trailer
- coping mechanisms
- bitter
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 1, 2000
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- english
- Countries
- Argentina, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Canal+,Film4 Productions,France 3 Cinéma,Constantin Film,Film i Väst,Zentropa Entertainments,DR,WDR,ARTE,Memfis Film,Liberator Productions,ARTE France Cinéma,YLE,Pain Unlimited GmbH Filmproduktion,Fine Line Features,Lantia Cinema & Audiovisivi,SVT Drama,Angel films,Blind Spot Pictures,Íslenska kvikmyndasamsteypan,Trust Film Svenska,Cinematograph A/S,What Else? B.V,Filmek A/S,TV 1000 Sverige,VPRO,Cinematograph,Pain Unlimited Filmproduktion,What Else?,Zentropa Entertainments, DR, SVT Drama, ARTE, France 3 Cinéma, Blind Spot Pictures, Liberator Productions, Íslenska kvikmyndasamsteypan, Pain Unlimited Filmproduktion, Trust Film Svenska, Cinematograph, What Else?, ARTE France Cinéma, Film i Väst, WDR
- Budget
- $12,500,000
- Revenue
- $40,061,153
- IMDb
- tt0168629