Polina, a promising classical ballet dancer, is just about to join the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet when she discovers contemporary dance, totally changing her life.
Polina (France, drama/dance, 108 minutes, unrated) The tale of a Russian ballerina (Anastasia Shevtsova) who leaves the famed but old-school Bolshoi behind and relocates to France to train with an older choreographer (Juliette Binoche) of contemporary dance. “If this film’s directors, Valérie Müller and the French choreographer Angelin Prelijocaj, don’t offer much overt material on Polina’s inner life, it’s because they don’t have to: the point of Polina, and this movie, is that ... view more »
Polina (France, drama/dance, 108 minutes, unrated) The tale of a Russian ballerina (Anastasia Shevtsova) who leaves the famed but old-school Bolshoi behind and relocates to France to train with an older choreographer (Juliette Binoche) of contemporary dance. “If this film’s directors, Valérie Müller and the French choreographer Angelin Prelijocaj, don’t offer much overt material on Polina’s inner life, it’s because they don’t have to: the point of Polina, and this movie, is that her dancing is her being.” — New York Times