2017
Oscilloscope
1 h 48 m

2017
Oscilloscope
1 h 48 m

Summary Trained from an early age by rigorous, perfectionist Professor Bojinski, Polina is a promising classic dancer. She is just about to join the prestigious Bolchoï Ballet when she discovers contemporary dance. That throws everything into question on a profound level. Polina leaves it all behind and moves to France to work with famous choreo...

Drama

Directed By: Valérie Müller, Angelin Preljocaj

Written By: Bastien Vives, Valérie Müller

2017
Oscilloscope
1 h 48 m

2017
Oscilloscope
1 h 48 m

Polina

Name: Polina
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017-08-25
Duration: 1 min 48 s
Rating: 65
Cast: Anastasia Shevtsova, Veronika Zhovnytska, Juliette Binoche, Aleksey Guskov, Niels Schneider

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings

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Directed By: Valérie Müller, Angelin Preljocaj

Written By: Bastien Vives, Valérie Müller

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Wall Street Journal

Aug 24, 2017

The creative process is always an elusive thing for filmmakers to capture, but amid all the startling visuals and the splendid acting, Polina rises, gloriously, to the challenge.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Sep 14, 2017

Polina is spare in dialogue; more is conveyed through painterly wide-screen cinematography by Georges Lechaptois.

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RogerEbert.com

Aug 25, 2017

The most important thing Polina does—and it is testament, again, to the involvement of Preljocaj, a man who has devoted his life to dance—is that it shows that the everyday life of an artist is not made up of catharsis and accomplishment, triumphs and breakthroughs. Those moments only come after years of hard work, of failing and trying again.

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The New York Times

Aug 23, 2017

If this film’s directors, Valérie Müller and the French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj, don’t offer much overt material on Polina’s inner life, it’s because they don’t have to: the point of Polina, and this movie, is that her dancing is her being.

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Village Voice

Aug 24, 2017

Images planted early in the film betray the path Polina will take; when we watch her move freely in the woods and commune with a moose, we guess that ballet may not be the last stop on her professional train.

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Christian Science Monitor

Sep 1, 2017

The movie often seems on the verge of being interesting but repeatedly retreats into a formless vapidity.

By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

Dec 25, 2018

Despite the panache with which the dance sequences are presented, it is frustratingly inert dramatically.

By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings

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Production Company Everybody on the Deck, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Angoa-Agicoa, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Palatine Étoile 13, Indéfilms 4, Soficinéma 12

Release Date Aug 25, 2017

Duration 1 h 48 m

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Website http://www.juliettebinoche.net/polina-danser-sa-vie.html

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Awards

Golden Unicorn Awards

• 1 Nomination

Venice Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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Anastasia Shevtsova

Polina

Veronika Zhovnytska

Polina (8 ans)

Juliette Binoche

Liria Elsaj

Aleksey Guskov

Bojinski

Niels Schneider

Adrien

Jérémie Belingard

Karl

Miglen Mirtchev

Anton

Kseniya Kutepova

Natalia

Sergio Díaz

Sergio

Oriana Jimenez

Svetlana

Ambroise Divaret

Alex

Yana Maizel

Assistante Bojinski

Irina Vavilova

Anna Alexandrovna

Léna Gousseva

Employée Bojinski

Gennadiy Fomin

Eldar

Elef Zack

Mat

Hans Peter Dahl

Hugo Demars

Valentin Patry

Jan

Jean-Charles Dumay

Alain

Virginie Caussin

Sonia

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