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Ballet Shoes

2008 · 85 min

A gentle, nostalgic coming-of-age story with warmth and charm, celebrating sisterhood and dreams.

Directed by
Sandra Goldbacher
Genres
Drama, Family
Starring
Emilia Fox, Victoria Wood, Emma Watson
Tagline
Dreams do come true.
Overview
An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But the girls must fend for themselves when Gum doesn't return from one of his adventures. Together, they nurture their passions for acting, aviation and ballet in this charming TV adaptation of Noel Streatfield's novel.

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Directed by
Sandra Goldbacher
Genres
Drama, Family
Starring
Emilia Fox, Victoria Wood, Emma Watson
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • ambition
  • found family
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • single location
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
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Starring
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Runtime
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