Throughout September I will be raiding my collection of favourite movies to review one a day, with a focus on overlooked and underappreciated films.
Where to find it: Britbox on Amazon
Length: 135 minutes
Synopsis: Beautiful ballet
Recommendation rating: 4/5
What I like about it: gorgeous, serious, colourful
What I don’t like about it: long and pretentious
Review:
Featuring a thinly-veiled Ballets Russes, a Diaghilev-type takes full advantage of a young ballerina’s ambition, writing for her the ultimate prima role. Culminating in a 17-minute ballet that shows the conflicts between art and life and the demands put on dancers. It’s pretentious but it’s beautiful.
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