The White Crow

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Director:Ralph Fiennes
Cast:Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Louis Hofmann, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Length:127 minutes
Genre:Drama, Biographical

The White Crow

The White Crow; Ralph Fiennes, 2018, versions: OR,SS,ES, languages: eng, fra, rus

Director: Ralph Fiennes • Scenario: David Hare • Camera: Mike Eley • Cast: Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Louis Hofmann, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sergej Polunin, Olivier Rabourdin, Raphaël Personnaz, Čulpan Chamatova, Mar Sodupe, Alexej Morozov, Nebojša Dugalič, Jovo Maksič, Anastasija Meskova, Charlie Wright, Naděžda Markina, Andrej Urgant, Vitalij Kovalenko

In 1961, Russian ballet star Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West – providing director Ralph Fiennes with a rich character for his third feature. This impressive, dance-heavy biopic focuses on Nureyev’s childhood, training, and life-changing visit to Paris as part of the Kirov Ballet, culminating in his decision to seek asylum in France. Meanwhile, Fiennes the actor opts to play Alexander Pushkin – St. Petersburg’s most respected dance instructor, who sees something in Nureyev’s passion, prizing it above pure technical skill. For years, it was believed that Nureyev had premeditated his defection, but The White Crow offers a different interpretation, treating it as a spontaneous decision – and therefore the most life-altering of his caprices. Although the film’s many ballet scenes are stunning, it’s this climax at the airport that audiences have come to see, using whatever clues Fiennes has supplied before, as answering the mysterious question of why he did it. – Peter Debruge

Length: 127 min

Year: 2018

Country of origin:

  • United Kingdom

Language version:

OR - Original version (english, french, russian)
SS - Slovak subtitles
ES - English subtitles

Director: Ralph Fiennes • Scenario: David Hare • Camera: Mike Eley • Cast: Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Louis Hofmann, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sergej Polunin, Olivier Rabourdin, Raphaël Personnaz, Čulpan Chamatova, Mar Sodupe, Alexej Morozov, Nebojša Dugalič, Jovo Maksič, Anastasija Meskova, Charlie Wright, Naděžda Markina, Andrej Urgant, Vitalij Kovalenko

In 1961, Russian ballet star Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West – providing director Ralph Fiennes with a rich character for his third feature. This impressive, dance-heavy biopic focuses on Nureyev’s childhood, training, and life-changing visit to Paris as part of the Kirov Ballet, culminating in his decision to seek asylum in France. Meanwhile, Fiennes the actor opts to play Alexander Pushkin – St. Petersburg’s most respected dance instructor, who sees something in Nureyev’s passion, prizing it above pure technical skill. For years, it was believed that Nureyev had premeditated his defection, but The White Crow offers a different interpretation, treating it as a spontaneous decision – and therefore the most life-altering of his caprices. Although the film’s many ballet scenes are stunning, it’s this climax at the airport that audiences have come to see, using whatever clues Fiennes has supplied before, as answering the mysterious question of why he did it. – Peter Debruge

Year: 2018

Country of origin:

  • United Kingdom

Language version:

OR - Original version (english, french, russian)
SS - Slovak subtitles
ES - English subtitles