The Dancer and the Thief

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, but it was not nominated. ==Reception==