The White Crow (2018)
Country: GB/FR/SER
Technical: col/1.85:1/2.35:1 127m
Director: Ralph Fiennes
Cast: Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Louis Hofmann, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Synopsis:
While visiting Paris with the Kirov, on their first European tour of the Soviet era, the young Rudi Nureyev absorbs as much foreign culture as he can, including fraternising with the French after the performances. Meanwhile, flashbacks to his past hint at aspects of his personality that make his next decision inevitable.
Review:
Like a finely wrought jewel, Fiennes's film scrutinizes its subject across time and from multiple angles (inspiration, determination, artistry, rudeness), using different aspect ratios and colour saturations to delineate the time periods. Although this has a dissipating effect on the narrative aspect, it also keeps the spectator alert! Ivenko, a dancer in his first acting role, is as mesmerising as he should be, and the rest of the cast gives first-rate support, but above all this is a monument to its director's care and judgement and, like all great films about artists, it opens up to the layman a path to understanding what they had to say.
Country: GB/FR/SER
Technical: col/1.85:1/2.35:1 127m
Director: Ralph Fiennes
Cast: Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Louis Hofmann, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Synopsis:
While visiting Paris with the Kirov, on their first European tour of the Soviet era, the young Rudi Nureyev absorbs as much foreign culture as he can, including fraternising with the French after the performances. Meanwhile, flashbacks to his past hint at aspects of his personality that make his next decision inevitable.
Review:
Like a finely wrought jewel, Fiennes's film scrutinizes its subject across time and from multiple angles (inspiration, determination, artistry, rudeness), using different aspect ratios and colour saturations to delineate the time periods. Although this has a dissipating effect on the narrative aspect, it also keeps the spectator alert! Ivenko, a dancer in his first acting role, is as mesmerising as he should be, and the rest of the cast gives first-rate support, but above all this is a monument to its director's care and judgement and, like all great films about artists, it opens up to the layman a path to understanding what they had to say.
Country: GB/FR/SER
Technical: col/1.85:1/2.35:1 127m
Director: Ralph Fiennes
Cast: Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Louis Hofmann, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Synopsis:
While visiting Paris with the Kirov, on their first European tour of the Soviet era, the young Rudi Nureyev absorbs as much foreign culture as he can, including fraternising with the French after the performances. Meanwhile, flashbacks to his past hint at aspects of his personality that make his next decision inevitable.
Review:
Like a finely wrought jewel, Fiennes's film scrutinizes its subject across time and from multiple angles (inspiration, determination, artistry, rudeness), using different aspect ratios and colour saturations to delineate the time periods. Although this has a dissipating effect on the narrative aspect, it also keeps the spectator alert! Ivenko, a dancer in his first acting role, is as mesmerising as he should be, and the rest of the cast gives first-rate support, but above all this is a monument to its director's care and judgement and, like all great films about artists, it opens up to the layman a path to understanding what they had to say.