Movie
The American
20231h 50m6.8 / 10
Steps to greatness take you to the edge.
American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.
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Synopsis
American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.
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Cast
Talia RyderJoy Womack
Diane KrugerTatiyana Volkova
Oleg IvenkoNikolay Lebedev
Natasha AldersladeEleanor Womak
Natalia OsipovaNatalia Osipova
Charlotte Ubben
Borys SzycAndrei Vadys
Tomasz KotVitaliy IvanovCredits
- Directed by
- James Napier Robertson
- Written by
- James Napier Robertson
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Box office
- $324.5K
Production
Ingenious MediaUnited Kingdom
New Zealand Film CommissionNew Zealand
Anonymous ContentUnited States- Be Hope FilmsNew Zealand
Four Knights FilmNew Zealand
MadantsPoland
Themes
ballerinaballetballet dancerbased on true storybolshoi balletdancedancer
