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August 25, 2017

96 months ago

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Aug 25, 2017

96 months ago

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Polina

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It centers on Polina (Anastasia Shevtsova), a promising classical b...

It centers on Polina (Anastasia Shevtsova), a promising classical ballet dancer who is just about to join the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet when she discovers contemporary dance, a revelation that throws everything into question. She moves to France to work with famous choreographer Liria Elsaj (Binoche) but is quickly forced to grapple with the realization that determination and hard work don't a...

Drama Angelin Preljocaj Anastasia Shevtsova Veronika Zhovnytska Juliette Binoche Aleksey Guskov Niels Schneider Jeremie Belingard Miglen Mirtchev Oscilloscope Laboratories

What the critics say

Based on 6 reviews, Polina gets an average review score of 69

100/100

wsj.com
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From a husband-and-wife team comes an emotionally compelling, brilliantly acted film about a Russian dancer.

2851d ago

3/4

rogerebert.com
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"Polina," based on the graphic novel by Bastien Vives, focuses on the nitty-gritty of life as a dancer: sweaty classrooms, pianist in the corner, bleeding feet, intimidating teachers, the sheer pressure of a pursuit so rigorous that "making it" barely exists.

2851d ago

70/100

nytimes.com
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If this film’s directors, Valérie Müller and the French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj, 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.

2851d ago

60/100

villagevoice.com
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Images planted early in the film betray the path Polina will take; when we watch her move freely in the woods and commune with a moose, we guess that ballet may not be the last stop on her professional train.

2851d ago

60/100

variety.com
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A ballerina takes a wayward journey to find her inner street dancer in a drama that stays on the teasingly austere surface.

2851d ago

2/4

slantmagazine.com
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Even its sensitive and gorgeous choreographies can't fully offer respite from the hollow narrative.

2851d ago