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Titolo originale: Black Swan
Regia: Darren Aronofsky |
Anno: 2010
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Thriller Horror
Tag: new york city | dancing | dancer | nightmare | competition | obsession | insanity | paranoia | hallucination | ballet dancer | ballet | female protagonist | psychological thriller | fear | heartbreak | mental illness | madness | reality vs fantasy | swan lake | ballerina | stage performance | mysterious | aggressive | self-harm | complex | mother daughter relationship | self destructiveness | theater | provocative | suspenseful | intense | pointe shoes | ambiguous | antagonistic | distressing | exhilarated | frightened |
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 | Chris 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 | Daralina Komar | Tim Lacatena | Alyson Cambridge | Anne Bergstedt Jordanova |

Nina è una ballerina del New York City Ballet che sogna il "ruolo" e un amore che spezzi l'adolescenza mai finita. Incalzata dalla madre, si sottopone ad un allenamento sotto lo sguardo di Thomas Leroy. Coreografo appassionato e deciso a farne una stella, Leroy le assegna la parte della protagonista nella sua versione del "Lago dei cigni". Sul palcoscenico Nina sarà Odette. Eterea e piena di grazia Nina incarna alla perfezione il candore del cigno bianco e con difficoltà il suo doppio nero e tenebroso, che in una superba variazione ingannerà il suo principe e la voterà al suicidio. La ricerca del suo lato oscuro e della consapevolezza della propria sessualità la condurranno verso una tempesta emozionale e all'incontro con Lily, insidiosa rivale in nero. Dietro le quinte Nina si strugge e si predispone a 'doppiare' il suo cigno bianco.

Approfondimenti

Darren Aronofsky first approached Natalie Portman about making a film set in the dance world in 2001 [...] D
The letters that were written on the mirror, when Nina calls her mother to tell her that she has bee [...] D
Stanley B. Herman: Reprising his role as Uncle Hank from Requiem for a Dream (2000) in a subway scen [...] D
One of the inspirations for this film was obviously Scarpette rosse (1948). Not only do both films t [...] D
After this film, Natalie Portman refused to do more nude scenes even though she's never "nude" in th [...] D
Meryl Streep was considered to play Erica, Nina's mother. D
Mark Margolis: The Darren Aronofsky regular appears in the gala scene where Nina is announced as the [...] D
When Nina completes her performance as the Black Swan and poses onstage, the wide shot shows her fro [...] D
Both Natalie Portman and director Darren Aronofsky have attended Harvard University. D
Black feathers growing out of Nina's scratch marks on her upper back is strong influenced by The Fly [...] D
When Nina is in the bathtub, there is a mosaic of a swan in the background. D
The second film in which Natalie Portman plays a dancer. She played stripper Alice Ayres in the 2004 [...] D
There is a mirror or a reflective surface in nearly every shot of the film. The only noticeable plac [...] D
Natalie Portman has stated it was "really uncomfortable" to film the sexually explicit scenes, but s [...] D
Although the film was never marketed as such, Darren Aronofsky has always maintained that this film [...] D
Winona Ryder spent 10 days filming her role. D
At the 40 minutes mark, while Nina is touching herself, in the background a plush black swan can be [...] D
The soundtrack, composed by Clint Mansell is a variation on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" b [...] D
Natalie Portman believes that Nina didn't die in the end of the film, so that she had to kill the li [...] D
At the beginning of the film, Nina is seen eating half a grapefruit and a soft-boiled egg, which is [...] D
Natalie Portman hit her head during the filming of one scene, sustaining a bad concussion that requi [...] D
Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel and Winona Ryder have all worked with Academy Award winn [...] D
Director Darren Aronofsky originally envisioned telling this story as part of the plot of The Wrestl [...] D
In an interview with Charlie Rose, Natalie Portman stated that one of the most difficult challenges [...] D
Portman's character's name 'Nina' is also the name of the ballerina in an Abba song 'Nina, pretty ba [...] D
Vincent Cassel has compared his character to George Balanchine, who co-founded the New York City Bal [...] D
An online rumor broke out shortly after the film's release claiming that Natalie Portman and Mila Ku [...] D
Out of all the award nominations the film received the only category sweep was Natalie Portman winni [...] D
The ballet director's last name, "Leroy," is similar to the French "le roi" for "the king" - signifi [...] D
In Winona Ryder's final scene in the movie, where she is in the hospital with metal bars in her legs [...] D
Both Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman have praised choreographer Benjamin Millepied for altering the c [...] D
Despite prominent billing as part of the cast, Winona Ryder has a total of 4 minutes of screentime t [...] D
Parker Posey was strongly considered to play Beth Macintyre, but Darren Aronofsky eventually decided [...] D
The final shot of the film which Nina is lying on the ground bleeding and her face dissolves in a br [...] D
In the long years before production began, former Darren Aronofsky leading ladies Rachel Weisz (L'al [...] D
Natalie Portman met her future husband, choreographer Benjamin Millepied, on the set of this film. P [...] D
Sarah Lane, Natalie Portman's dance double, appears in 23 seconds of the opening dance scene. The fi [...] D
The scenes involving Nina with her mother Erica were the last scenes filmed. D
Mila Kunis was brought into the project after co-star Natalie Portman suggested her to director Darr [...] D
La mosca (1986) is speculated as an influence behind the movie particularly the hallucination scenes [...] D
Is one of seven horror films to be nominated for an Oscar for best picture. The other six are L'esor [...] D
Blake Lively and Eva Green auditioned for the role of Lily. D
Nina's (Natalie Portman) harmful, compulsive skin picking is an actual impulse control disorder know [...] D
The budget on this film was so tight that when Natalie Portman had a rib dislocated during a lift an [...] D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year not to be nominated in any of the writing categories. D
The production considered setting the film in France and filming in Budapest but the idea was droppe [...] D
Natalie Portman began ballet training before receiving an official script on pure faith that the fil [...] D
While the crew was applying blood to the stab wound on Natalie Portman, she commented to director Da [...] D
Opening film at the 2010 Venice Film Festival. D
Darren Aronofsky had originally hoped for a budget of about $28-30 million. The budget eventually ra [...] D
Natalie Portman's body and dance double, Sarah Lane, made a public statement shortly before the DVD/ [...] D
Natalie Portman revealed that director Darren Aronofsky would subtly try to pit her and Mila Kunis a [...] D
The method which Nina uses to "break in" her pointe shoes are all common - ripping the sole apart, r [...] D
Sebastian Stan and Toby Hemingway were both in The Covenant (2006) as well. D
The film's editor, Andrew Weisblum, has said that while editing the film he had a difficult time tel [...] D
According to a radio interview on "Fresh Air with Terry Gross," Natalie Portman recommended her frie [...] D
Ksenia Solo who plays Veronica/Little Swan was also a ballet dancer and she has an injury to her bac [...] D
Lily is always wearing black outfits, as well as black underwear to signify her as Nina's opposite, [...] D
Natalie Portman stated that, after the experience she had working with director Darren Aronofsky, sh [...] D
Mark Margolis appeared in an "under-five" role as a favor to Darren Aronofsky. His dialogue was cut [...] D
Darren Aronofsky: [Perfect Blue] The overhead shot of Nina in the bathtub is an exact replica of a s [...] D
Natalie Portman and Sebastian Stan would later go on in the MCU. Portman would play Jane Foster in T [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
There has been an online fan-theory that Nina may have been sexually abused by her mother - Erica. T [...] D
Marcia Jean Kurtz: Actress with roles in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream (2000) and The Wrest [...] D
In the practice scene near the beginning of the film (when Thomas taps some of the girls on the shou [...] D
Nina's clothes changes color throughout the film. In the beginning of the film, she's seen wearing p [...] D
Other dancers seen in the film are members of the Pennsylvania Ballet Company. The movie was shot in [...] D
Mila Kunis lost 20 pounds for her role in this movie, through a combination of crash-dieting and cha [...] D
Nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in this film, Mila Kunis admitted she was so certai [...] D
The film began as a screenplay by Andres Heinz called "The Understudy" and took place in the world o [...] D
Nina's name in the original screenplay was Alexandria. D
ABT ballerina Maria Riccetto doubles for Mila Kunis in the dance sequences. D
Very similar to the anime film Perfect Blue(1997). Both films revolve around a female dance performe [...] D
According to the end credits, some of Al Hirschfeld's art was reproduced in the film by arrangement [...] D
The script took around ten years to make it to the screen. D
Simon Schama: The historian appears in the background in a New York street scene. D
Days before the DVD/Blu-Ray release, director Darren Aronofsky counteracted accusations made by danc [...] D
Natalie Portman drew on her ballet training from ages 4-13 for the role. She resumed ballet training [...] D
Although it is left for viewers to decide if Nina lives or died and her fate left unanswered. The fi [...] D
Summer Glau auditioned for, and won, a role in the film as a supporting character though her charact [...] D
After practicing with a ballet instructor for three months, five hours a day, seven days a week, Mil [...] D
When shooting Black Swan, Natalie Portman sustained many injuries, which caused delays to the produc [...] D
Sarah Lane, Natalie Portman's dance double, appears in the film as the woman dressed in black Nina p [...] D
The role of the "Jaded Piano Player," the ballet rehearsal pianist who, most memorably, tells Nina t [...] D
Darren Aronofsky told journalist Kim Masters in a radio interview (KCRW's "The Business" broadcast F [...] D
During the dance club sequence most of the people surrounding Nina are either visions of herself, Li [...] D
Natalie Portman lost 20 pounds to look more like a ballerina. D
Winona Ryder, who plays the former leading ballerina, only went to one ballet lesson as a child. She [...] D
Nina's cell-phone ring-tone is the "Theme of the Black Swan." D
Despite Winona Ryder and Barbara Hershey playing characters that are professional ballet dancers, th [...] D
When Nina (Natalie Portman) calls her mother, Erica (Barbara Hershey), to tell her she got the part [...] D
Antonio Banderas and Hugh Jackman were considered for the role of Thomas Leroy. D
Darren Aronofsky: [following] The camera follows Nina from behind when she leaves the subway and goe [...] D
Natalie Portman, albeit nervous, was not necessarily opposed to baring it all on camera. But after h [...] D