Ballerina

"Life's greatest adventures begin with a single leap."

2016 1h 29m EN

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In 1879 Paris, a young orphan dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.

“Life's greatest adventures begin with a single leap.”

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Cast

Elle Fanning
Felicie (voice)
Dane DeHaan
Victor (voice)
Nat Wolff
Victor (US version)
Carly Rae Jepsen
Odette (voice)
Maddie Ziegler
Camille Le Haut (voice)
Mel Brooks
Luteau (US version)
Julie Khaner
Regine Le Haut (voice)
Terrence Scammell
Merante / Postman (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Eric Summer
Writers: Carol Noble, Laurent Zeitoun, Eric Summer
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, France

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.7× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Canada, France.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Ballerina Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Eric Summer, shot by Jericca Cleland. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Klaus Badelt. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yvann Thibaudeau shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Eric Summer directs. Jericca Cleland behind the camera. Klaus Badelt scores. Yvann Thibaudeau cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Canada, France. Dialogue in English.

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189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 3.7× over at the box office.
3Released 10 years ago.
4International production across 2 countries: Canada, France.
5Part of the "Ballerina Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Eric Summer, shot by Jericca Cleland. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Klaus Badelt. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Yvann Thibaudeau shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Elle Fanning and Dane DeHaan and Nat Wolff carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Life's greatest adventures begin with a single leap.".
11IMDB entry: tt2261287 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 15 themes, including "opera", "dance", "paris, france", "flying".
13Released under 41 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jericca Cleland
Original score: Klaus Badelt
Editing: Yvann Thibaudeau
Runtime: 89 min · 1h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $109,573,511
Return: 365% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Ballerina (2016)

Part of

Ballerina Collection

In 19th-century Paris, a young orphan dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.

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Reno2017-05-16
★ 7/10
Dreaming's easy, but chasing it needs all the effort. Well, I praise a lot, particularly the European animations for preserving the 2D animation. That does not mean they lack behind in 3D format. The recent film 'The Little Prince' was the perfect example of a quality 3D animation outside Hollywood. Pars with Disney, Pixar standards. Technically, as well as the story contents. But the quantities are very less and also making it a bit expensive. So they usually prefer producing it in the English language for the wider/international market, keeping North America particularly in mind. This is a French English-language film that co-produced by Canada. This is a nice film, that particularly targets little kids and mostly the girl audience to inspire Ballerina. Cute characters and scenes, but very familiar story. Shares lots of similarities with 'August Rush', except the field of interest. I am not an expert or know all about Ballet, but some of the parts involving them were turned me off. I know the gravitation force is irrelevant in animation since they're not real world to comply with science, but maybe I'm being an adult and knowing that stuff might have influenced me to think that way. It reminds me I'm really an adult, though this film should be watched as a kid despite whatever you are. However, nothing affected me from enjoying it. It sets in the 80s of the 19th century France. At the time when Eiffel Tower and Statue of Libery were on the construction, a poor orphan girl named Felicie escapes orphanage with another boy to pursue her dream to be a ballerina. Then they arrive in Paris, and very soon they find their separate ways to achieve the goals. Not all smooth sail, especially for her. So she takes the opportunity that comes her way, even after knowing it was wrong to do. ❝You have something that she can only dream of: passion!❞ From there, with all the complications tailing her, how far she could go to make her dream come true. Which also includes the amount of dedication put on her undertaking to meet the expectations of her trainer, rivals and many others. And to show the world the interest is not simply based on enthusiasm, but willingness to sacrifice anything for it. Her journey from nothing to the edge of something new to define her life is the film that briefs for just short of 90 minutes. This is not another 'Billy Elliot'. Animations are usually comedy, fantasy and musical, but recently the adventures and science fictions are surging. I don't remember I ever have seen an animated dance flick. Not the classical dance, not in the modern 3D animation format. The closest one was a decade old 'Happy Feet'. So that makes it is a unique product and comes under a must see for all the animation fans. But the storyline is predictable and many sequences were intentionally dragged to be cliché. Because it works, particularly if they're aiming for the younger generation who haven't seen many films in their lives. Only we the grownups whine. Most of the voice-over artists are well known Americans actors which boosted the film. The character combinations are good. It brought the variety, especially slightly to ride off the main theme in a few occasions. Like the boy's interest in inventing things which were other major parts of the twist and turns in the narration. It is not a great animation if it was from Hollywood, but coming from France and the theme it focused on, the effort must be appreciated. Overall a much better film than what the average reviews and ratings around the internet says. It is a ballet film means not those who love it should watch it, but those target audience should not miss it. That means generally worth a watch, but not for everyone. 7/10

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