{"id":16391,"date":"2024-05-10T16:54:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?p=16391"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:22:30","slug":"polina-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/polina-2\/","title":{"rendered":"POLINA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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POLINA<\/span><\/h2>\n

| 2017 – 108′ – Drama, Coming of Age, Music & Dance.
\nWritten by:\u00a0<\/span>Val\u00e9rie M\u00fcller-Preljocaj.
\nBased on a Graphic Novel by:\u00a0Bastien Viv\u00e8s.
\nDirected by:\u00a0Val\u00e9rie M\u00fcller-Preljocaj,\u00a0Angelin Preljocaj.
\nStarring:\u00a0Anastasia Shevtsova,\u00a0Niels Schneider, Academy Award Winner\u00a0Juliette Binoche,\u00a0J\u00e9r\u00e9mie B\u00e9lingard, Veronika Zhovnytska.
\nOfficial Selection Venice International Film Festival 2016.
\nOfficial Competition\u00a0COLCOA 2017\u00a0<\/b>(American Students Award Winner).
\nIn French with English subtitles.
\nAn Oscilloscope release. |<\/span><\/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 J\u00e9r\u00e9mie B\u00e9lingard, star of the Paris National Opera, and mesmerizing newcomer Anastasia Shevtosa.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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POLINA | 2017 – 108′ – Drama, Coming of Age, Music & Dance. Written by:\u00a0Val\u00e9rie M\u00fcller-Preljocaj. Based on a Graphic Novel by:\u00a0Bastien Viv\u00e8s. Directed by:\u00a0Val\u00e9rie M\u00fcller-Preljocaj,\u00a0Angelin Preljocaj. Starring:\u00a0Anastasia Shevtsova,\u00a0Niels Schneider, Academy Award Winner\u00a0Juliette Binoche,\u00a0J\u00e9r\u00e9mie B\u00e9lingard, Veronika Zhovnytska. Official Selection Venice International Film Festival 2016. Official Competition\u00a0COLCOA 2017\u00a0(American Students Award Winner). In French with English subtitles. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,48,11,126,114,129,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tafff","category-coming-of-age","category-drama","category-family-14","category-music-dance","category-tafff-awards-winners","category-women-directors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=16391"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17969,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16391\/revisions\/17969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}