The Dance of Reality

2014 | Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Foreign Language

Synopsis

In a little Chilean town, the son of an uprooted couple formed by a rigorous communist father and a loving but weak mother tries to pave his own path in a society that does not understand their Jewish-Ukrainian origins.

Scores

Overall Score
57.8
Popularity Percentile (Year)
53.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
48.6%
Review Aggregate
84.0

Critic Consensus

92.2% Fresh • 64 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 92% of 64 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, surreal, coming of age. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

thin plotsurrealcoming of agepoliticalvisually strikingfunnysuspensefulemotionaldarkmacabre

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Brontis Jodorowsky2014$173,000$229,000(est)
Adán Jodorowsky2014$106,000$141,000(est)
Jeremías Herskovits2014$80,000$106,000(est)
Pamela Flores2014$65,000$87,000(est)
Cristóbal Jodorowsky2014$56,000$74,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score92.0
RT critic review count64
Rotten Tomatoes audience score82.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating7.4
IMDb votes9,827

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2014$293,680$389,216
International2014$264,956$351,148
Worldwide2014$558,636$740,364

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2014$252,822$335,067
Digital Rentals ?2014$2,345,000$3,107,843
Digital Purchases ?2014$1,857,000$2,461,094
Physical Rentals ?2014$2,673,000$3,542,544
Physical Purchases ?2014$7,205,000$9,548,832
TV & Streaming Revenue2014$132,156$175,147
Total Revenues2014$14,464,978$19,170,527
Expenses
Budget ?2014$3,000,000$3,975,919
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2014$447,000 (est)$592,412 (est)
Participations2014$579,000$767,352
Residuals ?2014$868,000$1,150,366
Interest & Overhead2014$600,000$795,184
Total Expenses2014$5,494,000$7,281,233
Movie Net Profit or Loss2014$8,970,978$11,889,294

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