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White Nights

Drama Nikolai Rochenko, a Russian ballet dancer who 8 years ago defected to the West. He is in a plane flying over Russia when all of a sudden, a malfunction forces the plane to land in Russia. The KGB tells everyone that his injuries are so severe that he has to remain confide for a while. But in reality they want him to return to them, so they bring him to his old apartment and an American, Raymond Greenwood, who himself defected to Russia ... [+]
Media Author Review
United States
Chicago Tribune
"The movie does command our attention because Hines and Baryshnikov, through their dancing, manage to create very real and living and hurting characters."
United States
The New York Times
"'White Nights' is only tolerable when Mr. Baryshnikov is on screen, especially when he is dancing alone or with Mr. Hines"
United States
Chicago Sun-Times
"It comes to life in the dance sequences, and then drifts away again"
Canada
The Globe and Mail
"It's a lumbering behemoth of a film in which the extraordinary talent of its one authentic star, Mikhail Baryshnikov, is exploited in a Cold War cartoon"
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