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Selma is a Czech immigrant, a single mother working in 1960s rural America. Her salvation lies in her imagination and her passion for music, specifically, the all-singing, all-dancing numbers found in classic Hollywood musicals. She is continually distracted by the rhythm of the presses and the clattering of the steel sinks and begins to imagine that she and her co-workers are in a musical. Selma harbors a sad secret: she is quickly losing her eyesight and her beloved son Gene stands to suffer the same fate if she can't put away enough money to secure him an operation. When a desperate neighbor falsely accuses Selma of stealing his savings, the drama of her life escalates to tragedy.
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| Also Known As: |
Dancers in the Dark
Taps
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Logline: |
A Czech immigrant copes with her encroaching blindness by escaping into musical fantasies. |
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| Genres: |
Art/Foreign, Drama and Musical/Performing Arts |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. 20 min. |
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| Release Date: |
September 22, 2000 Limited |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for some violence. |
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| Distributors: |
Fine Line Features
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| Production Co.: |
Trust Film Sales, Film i Väst, Liberator Productions, Good Machine, Pain Unlimited GmbH, France 3 Cinéma, Arte France Cinéma, Zentropa Entertainment, Cinematograph, What Else, Icelandic Film Corporation, Blind Spot Pictures, SVT Drama, ARTE, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Angel Films, Studio Canal, FilmFour, Filmek, Constantin Film, Lantia Cinema & Audiovisivi, TV 1000, YLE - Finnish Broadcasting Company, VPRO, Danish Broadcasting Corporation
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| Studios: |
Fine Line Features
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| Financiers: |
Media Programme of the European Union
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$4,157,491 |
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| Filming Locations: |
Sweden
Trollhaettan Studios, Film I, Gothenburg Region, Sweden
Trollhaettan Studios, Film I, Gothenburg, Sweden
Denmark
Seattle, Washington, USA
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| Produced in: |
Denmark |
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