Dance Film Festival 2009

Films to get your feet tapping.

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Swing Time Swing Time
Swing Time and Perhaps Love
Les Demoiselles De Rochefort (The Young Girls Of Rochefort) (Country: France; Year: 1967; Director: Jacques Demy, Agnès Varda; Writer: Jacques Demy; Stars: Catherine Deneuve, George Chakiris, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin, Michel Piccoli, Jacques Riberolles, Grover Dale, Gene Kelly)
Twin sisters looking for love fail to notice that a local poet and music shop owner are perfect for them.
Gypsy (Country: US; Year: 1962; Director: Mervyn le Roy; Writer: Arthur Laurents, based on the book by Gypsy Rose Lee.; Stars: Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace, Betty Bruce, Parley Baer, Morgan Brittany, Ann Jillian, Diane Pace), Trailer
A biopic about the famous burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her domineering mother.
Om Shanti Om (Country: India; Year: 2007; Director: Farah Khan; Writer: Farah Khan; Stars: Shahrukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Kirron Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Deepika Padukone, Bindu)
The reincarnation of a murdered actor tries to solve his murder and find his lost love.
Perhaps Love (Ai Ru Guo, Ru Guo - Ai) (Country: China, Malaysia, Hong Kong; Year: 2005; Director: Peter Chan; Writer: Oi Wah Lam, Raymond To; Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhou Xun, Jackie Cheung, Jin-hee Ji, Eric Tsang, Sandra Ng Kwan Yue)
Complex relationships develop between cast and crew members working on a musical.
Swing Time (Country: US; Year: 1936; Director: George Stevens; Writer: Howard Lindsay, Allan Scott; Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Betty Furness, Georges Metaxa)
A gambler trying to win the money to marry his fiancee inadvertently falls for a dancer.
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