| ORIGINAL TITLE |
Black Swan |
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| DIRECTOR |
Darren Aronofsky |
| SCREENWRITER |
John McLaughlin, Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz |
| COMPOSER |
Clint Mansell |
| CINEMATOGRAPHER |
Matthew Libatique |
| CAST |
Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder, Barbara Hershey, Christopher Gartin, Sebastian Stan, Benjamin Millepied, Ksenia Solo, Janet Montgomery, Kristina Anapau, Mark Margolis, Tina Sloan, Marcia Jean Kurtz |
| STUDIO/PRODUCER |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| OFFICIAL WEB |
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/blackswan/ |
| AWARDS |
2010: Oscar Awards: Best Actress (Natalie Portman). 5 Nominations, including Best Picture
2010: Golden Globe: Best Actress (Portman). 4 Nominations, including Best Picture
2010: BAFTA Awards: Best Actress (Natalie Portman). 12 Nominations, including Best Picture
2010: Venice Film Festival: Best New Young Actor or Actress (Mila Kunis)
2010: 4 Independent Spirit Awards: Best Film, Director, Actress and Cinematography
2010: Satellite Awards: 5 nominations, including best director
2010: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Cinematography
2010: American Film Institute (AFI): Top 10 - Movies of the Year
2011: Cesar Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Film
2010: Critics' Choice Awards: Best Actress. 12 Nominations, including Best Picture |
| GENRE |
Drama. Thriller | Psychological Drama. Psychological Thriller. Ballet |
| SYNOPSIS/PLOT |
Nina (Natalie Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Barbara Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Winona Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Mila Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side—a recklessness that threatens to destroy her. |
| PRO REVIEWS |
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"The movie is so damn out-there in every way that you can't help admiring Aronofsky for daring to be so very, very absurd" (Kirk Honeycutt: The Hollywood Reporter)
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"Wild and woolly, the movie is a breathtaking head trip that hails from a long tradition of backstage melodramas: 42nd Street, A Star Is Born, All About Eve, and, yes, that kitschy '90s relic, Showgirls (...) Beautifully crazy." (Steven Rea: Philadelphia Inquirer)
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"A witchy brew of madness and cunning Portman's portrait of an artist under siege is unmissable and unforgettable. So is the movie. You won't know what hit you (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of four)" (Peter Travers: Rolling Stone)
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"Lurid and voluptuous pulp fun, with a sensationalistic fairy-tale allure. You can't take it too seriously, but you can't tear your eyes away from it, either" (Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly)
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"This exercise in hysteria is so over the top that you don't know whether to scream or laugh. Despite an emotionally gripping performance by Natalie Portman, it's nothing more than a lavishly staged "Repulsion" in toe shoes" (Rex Reed: The New York Observer)
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