{"id":1185,"date":"2018-02-06T23:36:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T23:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=1185"},"modified":"2026-02-21T03:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T03:46:42","slug":"polina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/2022-winners\/awards-2\/polina\/","title":{"rendered":"POLINA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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POLINA \/ Polina, danser sa vie<\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517960123059{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Los Angeles<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Premiere<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2022 Drama \u2022 France, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

DCP \u2022 2.35 \u2022 Dolby 5.1 \u2022 Color \u2022 108 min<\/p>\n

Directed by<\/strong>: Angelin Preljocaj, Val\u00e9rie M\u00fcller-Preljocaj
\nWritten by<\/strong>: Val\u00e9rie M\u00fcller-Preljocaj
\nBased on a graphic novel by<\/strong>: Bastien Viv\u00e8s
\nCinematography:\u00a0<\/strong>George Lechaptois
\nFilm Editing<\/strong>: Fabrice Rouaud, Guillaume Saignol
\nOriginal Score<\/strong>: 79D
\nProduced by<\/strong>: Ga\u00eblle Bayssi\u00e8re, Didier Creste (Everybody on Deck), TF1 Droits Audiovisuels, UGC Images, France 2 Cin\u00e9ma
\nCast<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Anastasia Shevtsova<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Polina),\u00a0Niels Schneider<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Adrien),\u00a0Juliette Binoche<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Liria Elsaj),\u00a0Veronika Zhovnytska<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Polina as a child),\u00a0J\u00e9r\u00e9mie B\u00e9lingard
\n<\/strong>International Sales<\/strong>: TF1 Studio
\nU.S. Distributor<\/strong>: Oscilloscope Laboratories<\/p>\n

This love-letter to the world of ballet and dance follows a young dancer\u2019s initiation into adulthood and her journey to find her place as an artist.\u00a0 Based on the popular Bastien Viv\u00e8s graphic novel, this artful adaptation begins in Moscow, where the gifted Polina studies ballet under the dictatorial tutelage of Professor Bojinsky. His standards for technique border on the sadistic, but the pugnacious ballerina sticks it out and is rewarded with an opportunity to join the world famous Bolshoi. Polina\u2019s years of grueling effort, not to mention the sacrifices of her parents, are put into jeopardy however, when she meets the charming French dancer Adrien and discovers contemporary dance. Transformed, Polina questions everything she has worked for. Given a chance to study under the famed modern-dance guru Liria Elsaj (Binoche), Polina must face the first major crossroads in her life. Graced with sublime dancing set-pieces performed by\u00a0J\u00e9r\u00e9mie B\u00e9lingard, star of the Paris National Opera, and mesmerizing newcomer Anastasia Shevtosa.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Husband and wife co-directors\u00a0Angelin Preljocaj<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Val\u00e9rie M\u00fcller Preljocaj<\/strong>\u00a0had been looking for a fiction project that incorporates dancing, so they jumped on the chance to adapt\u00a0Polina.<\/em>\u00a0Val\u00e9rie M\u00fcller Preljocaj, who wrote the adaption, directed a television documentary about Angelin that introduced her to the world of dance. Meanwhile, Angelin Preljocaj had directed the feature length\u00a0Snow White<\/em>\u00a0in 2009, but that was more about Preljocaj\u2019s choreography. This project would give them the chance to work together on a story that celebrates the daily life of a dancer. Angelin Preljocaj is intimately familiar with that life, having begun his career as a dancer before moving into modern choreography. His Ballet Preljocaj, based in Aix-en-Provence, is world renown. Val\u00e9rie M\u00fcller-Preljocaj made her feature debut with the independent comedy\u00a0Le monde de Fred<\/em>\u00a0(2014). The directing duo auditioned 700 dancers before they discovered Shevtsova at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg.<\/p>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517960316502{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] POLINA \/ Polina, danser sa vie [\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517960123059{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Los Angeles\u00a0Premiere\u00a0\u2022 Drama \u2022 France, 2016 DCP \u2022 2.35 \u2022 Dolby 5.1 \u2022 Color \u2022 108 min Directed by: Angelin Preljocaj, Val\u00e9rie M\u00fcller-Preljocaj Written by: Val\u00e9rie M\u00fcller-Preljocaj Based on a graphic novel by: Bastien Viv\u00e8s Cinematography:\u00a0George Lechaptois Film Editing: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":628,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1185"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26405,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1185\/revisions\/26405"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}