Dance with the Devil Movie Review 1997

Prostitute Perdita (Perez) and witch doctor/drug dealer Romeo (Bardem) meet at the Mexican border and soon become lovers and criminal partners. They get a kinky job hijacking human fetuses for a Vegas mob boss and, since Romeo believes in human sacrifice before starting a new endeavor, they kidnap a cute teen couple as the victims. Then Romeo discovers his ex-partner, Shorty (Segura), isn't so ex--and there's lots more that's very weird and bloody. Based on the novel "59 and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango" by Barry Gifford.

Distribution

A-PIX Entertainment Inc., 200 Madison Ave., 24th Fl., New York, NY 10016, Phone: (206)284-4700, Fax: (206)286-4433

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 126 minutes.
Originally from Mexican, Spanish.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Kidnapped!, Occult, Sex & Sexuality

Screenplay

Alex de la Iglesia, Barry Gifford, Jorge Guerricaechevarria, David Trueba

Cast

Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Harley Cross, Aimee Graham, Don Stroud, James Gandolfini, Santiago Segura, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Alex Cox, Carlos Bardem

Cinematography

Flavio Martinez Labiano

Director

Alex de la Iglesia

Music

Simon Boswell