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Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky, is intense, to say the least!  Set in the world of ballet, a NY dance company is doing Swan Lake with a new leading lady, Nina Sayers, played by Natalie Portman.  Natalie Portman is absolutely AMAZING in this role. She’s a shoe-in for nominations this award season.  Nina is fragile, determined, and a perfectionist.  It’s a tough combination, one which makes her, and the audience, question her sanity.  The ballet business is cut-throat, and obviously physically demanding.  We see the nitty gritty of it, and the toll it takes on the lives of the people involved.

The whole cast is so good.  Mila Kunis plays Nina’s rival, Lily.  Barbara Hershey is Nina’s controlling stage mother.  Vincent Cassel runs the company.

The whole look of the movie works.  It’s over-the-top and hard to distinguish what is real from what is fantasy.  There’s a theme of duality, black and white, that plays through the film – it’s compelling, and so well done.

 


 

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Black Swan (2010)

R 108 min - Drama, Mystery, Thriller - 2 December 2010
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A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

Director:  Darren Aronofsky
Stars:  Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder, Chris Gartin, Ksenia Solo, Toby Hemingway, Janet Montgomery, Kristina Anapau, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Deborah Offner, Adriene Couvillion, Shaun O'Hagan, Sebastian Stan, Benjamin Millepied, Sergio Torrado, Mark Margolis, Tina Sloan, Abraham Aronofsky, Charlotte Aronofsky, Sarah Hay, Stanley B. Herman, Leslie Lyles, John Epperson, Patrick Heusinger, Anne Bergstedt Jordanova, Daralina Komar, Tim Lacatena

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A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.


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Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Details

Country:   United States of America
Language:  English, French, Italian
Release Date:  2 December 2010

Box Office

Budget:  $13,000,000
Revenue:  $327,803,731

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Fox Searchlight Pictures, Dune Entertainment, Protozoa Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 48 min
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