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
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
Languages
  • French
  • English
Budget$8 million
Box office$2 million

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. 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.