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Polina

2016 · 112 min

A quiet, earnest portrait of a dancer's restless search for her own voice, carried by movement and a lingering sense of longing.

Directed by
Angelin Preljocaj, Valérie Müller
Genres
Drama
Starring
Anastasia Shevtsova, Juliette Binoche, Niels Schneider
Tagline
Breaking The Rules Can Change Your Life.
Overview
Polina is a young dancer from a modest family. After years of ballet academy, she is accepted by the Bolshoi; still, she decides to try and audition of a modern dance company in France. She makes it, but her journey will not end there...

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Directed by
Angelin Preljocaj, Valérie Müller
Genres
Drama
Starring
Anastasia Shevtsova, Juliette Binoche, Niels Schneider
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • ambition
  • art
  • grief
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Angelin Preljocaj, Valérie Müller
Written by
Valérie Müller
Starring
Anastasia Shevtsova, Juliette Binoche, Niels Schneider, Miglen Mirtchev, Aleksey Guskov, Kseniya Kutepova, Bakhtiyar Askarov, Jérémie Bélingard
Music
79D
Cinematography
Georges Lechaptois
Runtime
112 min
Country
France
Languages
French, Russian

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