Polina

(2016)

★ 6.6 IMDb · 122 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2016

Runtime: 108 мин

Country: France

Director: Valérie Müller, Angelin Preljocaj

Cast: Анастасия Шевцова, Жюльет Бинош, Niels Schneider, Miglen Mirtchev, Алексей Гуськов, Ксения Кутепова, Bakhtiyar Askarov, Jérémie Bélingard, Sergio Díaz, Gennadiy Fomin

Plot

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...

SPOILER: A young girl from a modest Russian family studies classical ballet. After many difficulties, she succeeds as a young woman to enter the prestigious Bolchoi. However she turns to modern dance, then improvisation, then choreography. The movie includes beautiful dances from acclaimed choreographer Angelin Preljocaj.