Black Swan

Also Known As: El cisne negro

Company: Fox Searchlight Pictures / Cross Creek Pictures / Protozoa Pictures

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Budget: $13,000,000

Full Cast: Natalie Portman / Mila Kunis / Vincent Cassel / Barbara Hershey / Winona Ryder / Benjamin Millepied / Ksenia Solo / Kristina Anapau / Janet Montgomery / Sebastian Stan / Toby Hemingway / Sergio Torrado / Mark Margolis / Tina Sloan / Abraham Aronofsky / Charlotte Aronofsky / Marcia Jean Kurtz / Shaun O'Hagan / Christopher Gartin / Deborah Offner / Stanley B. Herman / Michelle Rodriguez Nouel / Kurt Froman / Marty Krzywonos / Leslie Lyles / John Epperson / Arkadiy Figlin / Tim Fain / Sarah Lane / Liam Flaherty / Patrick Heusinger / Marina Stavitskaya / Olga Kostritzky / Christine Redpath / Alexandra Damiani / Rebecca Azenberg / Laura Bowman / Holly L. Fusco / Abigail Mentzer / Barette Vance / Lillian di Piazza / Megan Dickinson / Jessy Hendrickson / Geneviève Lebean / Rachel Jambois / Ryoko Sadoshima / Kaia A. Tack / Lauren Fadeley / Sarah Hay / Adrianna de Svastich / Jamie Wolf / Carrie Lee Riggins / Gina Artese / Rhona Fox / Dj Jess / Daralina Komar / Tim Lacatena / Carmella Stolyar

Cast and Character: Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen / Mila Kunis as Lily / The Black Swan / Vincent Cassel as Thomas Leroy / The Gentleman / Barbara Hershey as Erica Sayers / The Queen / Winona Ryder as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan / Benjamin Millepied as David / The Prince / Ksenia Solo as Veronica / Little Swan / Kristina Anapau as Galina / Little Swan / Janet Montgomery as Madeline / Little Swan / Sebastian Stan as Andrew / Suitor / Toby Hemingway as Tom / Suitor / Sergio Torrado as Sergio / Rothbart / Mark Margolis as Mr. Fithian / Patron / Tina Sloan as Mrs. Fithian / Patron / Abraham Aronofsky as Mr. Stein / Patron

Color: Color

Countries: USA

Creators: n/A

Description: A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

Directors: Darren Aronofsky

Genres: Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Languages: English / French / Italian

Location: Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

MPAA: Rated R for strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language and some drug use

Opening Weekend: £2,762,429

Plot: Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side - a recklessness that threatens to destroy her.

Poster: posters/0947798.jpg

Rating: 8.1

Release Date: 17 December 2010 (USA)

Runtime: 108 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS

Tagline: n/A

Title: Black Swan

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/

Votes: 358,687

Writers: Mark Heyman / Andres Heinz

Year: 2010

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Black Swan got rated 8.1.

About the movie: Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica (Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side - a recklessness that threatens to destroy her.

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