Polina, danser sa vie

[Machine Translation] The stage beyond my dreams is mine alone. This is the story of a ballet prodigy who grows up while being tossed about by a strange fate. The graphic novel "Polina" by Bastien Vives, a rising star in the French manga world and winner of the BD Bookstore Award and the ACBD Critics' Grand Prix, has been made into a movie! The main character, Polina, is played by Anastasia Shevtsova, who makes her film debut with this movie like a comet. She was chosen for her qualities as a dancer and her unique presence. The film is further enriched by the famous actress Juliette Binoche, who has toured the world with her dance performances. She has toured the world with her dance performances, and her rich expressive power is a source of fascination for everyone. The brilliant dance sequences by Jeremy Belangarde, a former Paris Opera Etoile, and Niels Schneider, a popular young French actor who has appeared in a number of high-profile films, are also not to be missed. Directed jointly by Valerie Muller, who has worked in a wide range of genres, and Angoulin Preljocaj, a world-renowned ballet dancer and contemporary dance choreographer. --Polina, a Russian girl who aspires to become a ballerina in the Bolshoi Ballet. Although she grew up in a poor family environment, she was trained from an early age by a strict teacher, and was expected to be a promising ballerina. However, one day, just before she was to join the Bolshoi Ballet, she encountered contemporary dance and decided to give up everything and go to a contemporary dance company in the south of France (Aix-en-Provence) with her partner. However, what awaited her in her new home was a daily struggle between her dreams and love. Then she is injured during a rehearsal, and the future she had envisioned begins to unravel. What does the disappointed Polina find in the new place she has arrived at...?

Special Feature / Bonus Track: interview footage and trailer

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夢の先のステージは、わたしだけのもの。 一人の天才バレエ少女が、数奇な運命に翻弄されながらも、成長していく姿を描いた物語。 BD書店賞やACBD批評グランプリに輝いた、フランス漫画界期待の新星バスティアン・ヴィヴェスのグラフィックノベル『ポリーナ』が映画化! 主人公ポリーナを熱演したのは、彗星のごとく本作で映画デビューを果たしたアナスタシア・シェフツォワ。ダンサーとしての資質と独特の存在感が認められ抜擢された。さらに作品に深みを与えているのは、名女優ジュリエット・ビノシュ。ダンス公演でワールドツアーを行った経験があるだけに、豊かな表現力には誰もが魅了される。元パリ・オペラ座エトワールのジェレミー・ベランガールや話題作への出演が続くフランスの若手人気俳優ニールス・シュナイダーらの華麗なダンスシークエンスも見逃せない。監督は幅広いジャンルの作品を手掛けているヴァレリー・ミュラーと、バレエダンサーでありコンテンポラリーダンスの振付家としても世界的に活躍するアンジュラン・プレルジョカージュが共同で担当。 ――ボリショイ・バレエ団のバレリーナを目指すロシア人の少女ポリーナ。貧しい家庭環境で育ちながらも、厳格な恩師のもとで幼少の頃から鍛えられ、将来有望なバレリーナとして期待されていた。ところが、憧れのボリショイ・バレエ団への入団を目前にしたある日、コンテンポラリーダンスと出会い、すべてを投げ打って、パートナーと南フランス(エクス・アン・プロヴァンス)のコンテンポラリーダンスカンパニーへ行くことを決意する。しかし、新天地で待ち受けていたのは夢と愛に葛藤する日々。そんななか、練習中に怪我を負い、描いていた未来が狂い始めていく。失意のポリーナが、新たにたどり着いた場所で見つけたものとは・・・。

映像特典: スタッフ&キャストインタビュー集、予告編