POLINA DANCES ME

--Russia

Polina, a Russian girl who started ballet at the age of 4, dreams of becoming a ballerina in the Bolshoi Ballet. Although she grew up in a poor family environment, her passion for ballet was stronger than anyone else's, and she was trained from an early age under her strict teacher Bozinski. After that, Polina went to the Bolshoi ballet school, continued to practice and grew into a promising ballerina. Although she is troubled by her parents' financial problems, she successfully passes the audition to join the Bolshoi Ballet, which she admires, and falls in love with French dancer Adrien. However, one day, just before he was about to join the company, his fate was about to change dramatically due to his encounter with contemporary dance. Unable to suppress the emotions that well up within her, Polina abandons the bright career she was promised and, against her parents' wishes, goes with Adrien to a contemporary dance company in the south of France (Aix-en-Provence). make a decision.

--Southern France/Aix-en-Provence

When they arrive, under the strict guidance of the famous choreographer Lilia, they are faced with a new challenge, even though they are confused by the dance style, which is different from their previous styles. However, what awaited him in his new world were days of conflict between dreams and love. Polina, whose thoughts are all in vain, ends up injuring her leg during practice, and before she knows it, she starts to run into each other with Adrien. Afterwards, although he recovers from his injuries, Lilia points out that his dance is beautiful but doesn't make you feel anything, and he is finally removed from the role. Polina is abandoned by both dancers and lovers, and has lost everything. In search of a new place to live, he landed alone in Antwerp, Belgium.

--Belgium/Antwerp

Deciding to survive on her own, Polina spends her days auditioning and looking for work. Time passes without any results, and he ends up in a situation where he can't even pay his hotel bill. Unable to tell her parents The Truth, Polina hits rock bottom, but finally gets a part-time job at a bar and starts dancing again. One day, by chance, I happened to notice Karl, a dancer who teaches dance to children. Inspired by his improvisational dance, Polina finally discovers the joy of dancing in her own way. Then, at Karl's suggestion, the two of them decided to take on the challenge of participating in the Montpellier Festival as choreographers, and decided to take a new step...

staff

Director: Valerie Muller

Angerin Prelljocage

Producer: Didier Crest

Gael Bessiere

Original work: Bastien Vives

"Porina" (published by Shogakukan Shueisha Productions)

Screenplay: Valerie Muller

Cinematography: Georges Lechaptois

Editing: Fabrice Rouault

Guillaume Senhor

Choreography: Ingelin Prelljocage

Music: 79D

cast

Anastasia Shevtsova

Niels Schnedale

jeremy bellengard

Migren Milchev

Veronica Jofnitska

Kseniya Kutepova

Angerin Prelljocage

Alexey Gushkov

Juliette Binoche

"POLINA DANCES ME "

From Saturday, October 28th, Human Trust Cinema Yurakucho,

Human Trust Cinema Shibuya and other national road shows

Distribution: Pony Canyon Official website: http://polina-movie.jp/

(C)2016 Everybody on Deck - TF1 Droits Audiovisuels - UCG Images - France 2 Cinema

*Information as of October 2017 article publication.

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