Starring:
Anastasia Shevtsoda
Niels Schneider
Jérémie Bélingard
with a special appearance by
Juliette Binoche
Dance allows you to get in touch with another part of yourself. Movement brings body and spirit together. I love the risks certain choreographers have taken throughout history, to break away from the conventional and find a movement of their own.”
Polina, Danser Sa Vie press kit
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Moscow, early 1990s. Polina (Anastasia Shevtsova), aged 8, is a gifted ballerina. From a modest background she joins the prestigious school of Professor Bojinsky, who trains dancers for the Bolshoi. He immediately grasps her tremendous potential and makes her work so hard that at only 18 her dream finally comes true and she enters the prestigious Bolshoi.
This is when she meets Adrien, a charming French dancer. He will help her to discover not only love but, more importantly, a new form of dance, more contemporary and expressive, a kind of dance that will change her life forever.
From Moscow to Aix-En-Provence and Antwerp, from success to disillusion, we follow Polina's incredible destiny. Juliette Binoche portrays the choreographer Liria Elsaj who challenges Polina to explore her creativity in a daring and original way.
Polina
Liria Elsaj
Adrien
Anton
Bojinski
Prostitute
Aurelie Dupont
Dancer
Dancer
Anastasia Shevtsoda
Juliette Binoche
Niels Schneider
MiGlenn Mirtchev
Aleksey Guskov
Marie Kovacs
Jeremie Belingard
Neal Piron
Lada St Arroman
Directed by
Written by
From the graphic novel by
Produced by
Production design by
Costume design by
Angelin Preljocaj
Valérie Müller
Angelin Preljocaj
Valérie Müller
Bastien Vives
Didier Creste
Maxim Ajjawi
Gaëlle Bayssière
Toma Baqueni
Mila Preli
Caroline Spieth
Production manager
First assistant director
Sound by
Stills photographer
Script supervisor
Production companies
Mathieu Verhaeghe
Amandine Escoffier
Jean-Luc Audy
Carole Bethuel
Nadège Catenacci
TF1 International
Everybody on Deck
UGC Distribution France
a film by Angelin Preljocaj & VAlérie Müller
2016
"A touching and highly poetic moment.
Stunningly beautiful."
Vittoria Scarpa – Cineuropa
"Amid all the startling visuals and the splendid acting, Polina rises, gloriously, to the challenge."
John Anderson – Wall Street Journal
"The point of Polina, and this movie,
is that her dancing is her being."
Glenn Kenny – New York Times
French trailer with English subtitles
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Promo reel
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Hong Kong trailer
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US trailer
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Japanese trailer
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French TV spot
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German trailer
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Polina Featurette
"Violin Concerto No. II" by Philip Glass