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Though the wholesome and optimistic view of ‘Strictly Ballroom,’ the film shows that dreams can come true and are not a fantasy, as they are sometimes thought. Frans apparent transformation, from a shy, unattractive amateur ballroom dancer who only dances with women, into a lively soul, whose own opinions and ambitions are clear, is an understandable statement in the motion picture. Scott’s family past is one that he didn’t discover until the closing stages of the film, but nevertheless the events that preceded and followed, are clearly related. The unexpected unity of Fran and Scott as dance partners is not a twist of fate, as their aspirations are truly a first-rate matching. Scott’s hereditary ambition to defy the rules and rebel against all odds and judges, to have the freedom of dancing his own steps at the Pan-Pacific is unmistakable. The whole motion picture is a statement to the world, saying, ‘Dreams are just another form of reality.’ Frans true beauty was gradually released from the commencement of the motion picture to the end. Her transition from the ‘ugly duckling’ to the ‘