Etoile (1988)
- Original title
- Étoile
- Directed by
- Peter Del Monte
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 33 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young American ballerina travels to Hungary to join a prestigious ballet academy. She falls under the eerie and controlling influence of its choreographer and director in a story loosely based on Swan Lake.
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What happens
Etoile (transl. Star) is a 1989 Italian film directed by Peter Del Monte and starring Jennifer Connelly, Laurent Terzieff, Charles Durning, Olimpia Carlisi, Mario Marozzi, Donald Hodson and Gary McCleery. The title refers to the French term for the highest ranking principal dancer in a ballet company, similar to a prima ballerina. What follows is a loose retelling of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, in which a young American ballerina travels to Hungary in the hopes of joining a prestigious ballet academy, only to fall under the ghostly and sinister influence of its choreographer and director. The film was distributed by Aristi Associati and premiered on March 17 1989, with a limited release outside of Italy. It was awarded The Critic's Award at the 1990 Fantasporto Film Festival in Portugal and was poorly received by Italian critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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