The Sleeping Dictionary

In the 2003 romance drama "The Sleeping Dictionary," Dancy plays a British officer named John Truscott, who's sent to a remote village to Westernize the local Iban community. Waiting for John is Selima, a local who's been tasked to show John around and teach him the native tongue. As John learns more of Selima's customs and traditions, he begins to fall in love with her and vice versa — but their romance isn't well-received by the colonists and natives.