French actor-turned-director Gael Morel (AT FULL SPEED) uses the combative but balletic Brazilian martial art of capoeira — the "slave dance" of the title — as a metaphor for the uneasy relationships among three handsome brothers who live with their widower father in the picturesque Rhone-Alpes district of France. Divided into three chapters, each devoted to a different sibling at a pivotal point in his life, the film begins with Marc (Nicolas Cazalé), a troubled young man whose volatile temperament is exacerbated by heavy drug use. With his head and body shaved smooth, Marc spends his afternoons at the gym or hanging out with his friend, Hicham (Salim Kachiouche), a...
Released:
2004
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins