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Polina

Polina

Breaking The Rules Can Change Your Life.

20166.61h 52m

Overview

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...

Directed by Angelin Preljocaj
Written by Valérie Müller, Bastien Vivès
Produced by Maxim Ajjawi, Gaëlle Bayssière, Didier Creste
Box Office0Revenue: $165

Top Cast

Anastasia Shevtsova

Anastasia Shevtsova

Polina

Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche

Liria Elsaj

Niels Schneider

Niels Schneider

Adrien

Miglen Mirtchev

Miglen Mirtchev

Anton

Aleksey Guskov

Aleksey Guskov

Bojinski

Kseniya Kutepova

Kseniya Kutepova

Natalia

B

Bakhtiyar Askarov

Caucasien

Jérémie Bélingard

Jérémie Bélingard

Karl

S

Sergio Díaz

Gennadiy Fomin

Gennadiy Fomin

Eldar

Themes & Keywords

dancewoman director

About Polina

Polina is a drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of dance, woman director. Directed by Angelin Preljocaj, it stars Anastasia Shevtsova, Juliette Binoche, Niels Schneider. 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...

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