Polina

2016
6.8
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Poster Polina

Title: Polina

Original Title: Polina, danser sa vie

Year: 2016

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: December 21 2018

Plot

In this French film starring Oscar winner for 'The English Patient' Juliette Binoche and Niels Scheneider, a young woman who is giving ballet classes travels to Moscow to get integrated into the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet, where she will try to fulfill her dream. There he meets Adrien, a really lovely French dancer. This man will help her discover not only love, but also, and more importantly for her, a new way of dancing, more contemporary and expressive. He will teach her a type of dance that will change her life forever. When she grows into a young woman, she ends up moving towards modern dance and choreography. This drama is co-written and co-directed by Angelin Preljocaj and Valérie Müller.

Cast

Videos

'Polina' English subtitled trailer 1:38

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Trivia

Autobiographical elements

The movie contains some autobiographical elements: Angelin Preljocaj's parents were poor Albanian refugees (Polina's parents are lower middle class Russians); when he came to France he first lived in a modest suburb (Polina struggles financially after she leaves Aix); he studied classical dance before moving on to modern (just like Polina).

Great casting

As many as 600 dancers were auditioned by the directors for the main female role.

Based on a comic strip

The movie is loosely based on the comic strip by Bastien Vivès ('Polina', 2011).

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