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Ballerina

2016 · 89 min

A bright, buoyant underdog story that sweeps you along with energetic dance sequences and a plucky heroine's charm.

Directed by: Eric Summer, Éric Warin
Genres: Animation, Family, Comedy
Starring: Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Nat Wolff

Tagline: Life's greatest adventures begin with a single leap.
Overview: In 1879 Paris, a young orphan dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.

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Directed by: Eric Summer, Éric Warin
Genres: Animation, Family, Comedy
Starring: Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Nat Wolff

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Tone: upliftingstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
identity
found family
coming-of-age
class
Places: big city
countryside
workplace
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: animated
musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	4
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: animation, family, comedy, music
Directed by: Eric Summer, Éric Warin
Written by: Carol Noble
Starring: Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Nat Wolff, Carly Rae Jepsen, Maddie Ziegler, Mel Brooks, Julie Khaner, Terrence Scammell
Music: Klaus Badelt
Cinematography: Jericca Cleland
Runtime: 89 min
Country: Canada, France
Languages: English

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