The Backup Dancer

The Backup Dancer (2017)

The film explores the story of Athena (Rose Leslie), a struggling dancer trying to make it in LA. Athena's father Jack (Ray Liotta) interrupts her lonely and detached existence when he asks her to move home to Florida to care for him... big news: he has cancer. Nursing Jack proves more and more challenging for Athena. So much so that when she is called back to LA for the greatest dance opportunity of her twenty-five years, she takes it. What follows is a heart-wrenching journey of growing up told with ample moments of humor and levity, candidly illuminating father/daughter relationships and bonds that despite being broken always find their way back home.

Genres

Comedy Drama

Countries

United States

Director

Amanda Sharp

Writer

Amanda Sharp

Producers

Aleksandr Plotnikov Katie Mustard

Composer

Nathan Halpern

Cinematographer

Alex Disenhof

Editors

Amy E. Duddleston Blake Maniquis

Production

H3 Films East to West Entertainment Mustard & Co LookFilm

Starring

Also starring

Justin Bartha Gina Rodriguez Ray Liotta Stacie Davis Carmen Tonry Terese Aiello Madison Calderon Ravi Naidu Dave Davis Alex Reznik Jaren Mitchell Zacharias Foppe Meredith Jackson Casey Hendershot Ahmed Lucan Karen Wheeling Reynolds

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