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The film of the month: BLACK SWAN - THE BLACK SWAN

February 2011

TITLE: THE BLACK SWAN - THE BLACK SWAN
PRODUCTION: USA 2010
DIRECTOR: Darren Aronofsky
CAST: Natalie Portman , Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder
GENRE: thriller
LENGTH: 110 '
THE CINEMA February 18


Promoted protagonist of "Swan Lake" the ballet dancer Nina (Natalie Portman) gets ready to debut with the harsh and rude artistic director Leroy (Vincent Cassel), who confronts his fears and its insecurities.

so must deal with the selfishness of the mother (Played by Barbara Hershey), the envy of the former etoile Beth ousted from the cast (Winona Ryder) and the rivalry of the young Lily that seems to undermine his career. But most of all must face his own nightmare, its deepest intimacy and the ghosts of a life that will bring it to reveal its dark side to reach the final triumph.

Director Darren Aronofsky carries the rosy world of dance in a dimension of horror movies, painting brightly colored setting that until now had only taken the rare pastel shades and concentrating most profound implications on the history and troubles that lie behind a smokescreen of apparent perfection.
Sex, blood and hallucinations populate the 110 minutes of this unusual thriller.
The extreme pursuit of physical perfection collides with the disorder of the soul, subdued by years of discipline, study and sacrifice. The result is a restless personality, dark and disturbing that found in Natalie Portman its projection better. An interpretation from Oscar (the bookmakers to give favored to win) that touches the strings of a life apparently lived in the most extreme on the ends.

"It 's been the most physically demanding role I've ever done. ," says Portman, "I started training a year before the shooting and continued even when up to 15-16 hours a day. An extreme. But all I was scared at the same time dragging me to farlo.E 'was an extraordinary opportunity to prove myself, emotionally and physically. "

Who asks if the world of dance is similar to the film answers "There are similarities but also differences. The dedication and technique are required by the dancers are not at all claims by the plaintiffs. Dance art is characterized by hard work and extreme technical precision. "

Five Oscar nominations, a great supporting cast and a gifted and original filmmaker who knew how to give a determined journey into the obsessions of a 'Black Swan disturbing ..

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The trailer for the film