Dance of the Steel Bars – Movie Trailer and Release Date (VIDEO)
“Dance of the Steel Bars” is a captivating story inspired by actual events in a Filipino prison, the struggles that inmates experience and their quest to feel human again. The movie was shot in the Cebu provincial prison, the same place where up to 1,500 inmates dressed in orange uniforms danced to global fame in 2007.
The film stars Irish actor Patrick Bergin, who played Julia Roberts’ husband in “Sleeping With the Enemy,” and Filipino actor Dingdong Dantes. The movie is set for local release on June 12. Dates for international release will soon be announced.
Summary:
This riveting feature film about redemption follows Frank Parish (Patrick Bergin), a retired US fireman and philanthropist who finds himself wrongly accused of murder and jailed in the Philippines. Stuck in prison, Frank begins to lose faith in everything he believes in until he becomes friends with Mando (Dingdong Dantes), a convicted murderer who denies his passion for dancing just to prove his masculinity and Allona (Joey Paras), a transsexual who tries to contribute to prison reforms by teaching his fellow inmates dance exercises.
They get involved in a tricky struggle between the positive changes initiated by the new warden (Ricky Davao) and the corrupt system that weighs down the inmates’ chance to become better individuals. Frank finds himself caught in an intricate web of lies and must choose between concealing what he knows to keep himself out of danger or to help his fellow inmates by revealing the truth. Will he remain on the sidelines as an observer, or will he dance the dance of the steel bars?
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