Country: UK, Serbia, France
Year: 2018
Duration: 122'
A young man of just twenty-two, dressed in a black beret and a dark narrow suit, is on an aeroplane flying from St Petersburg to Paris. It is 1961 and Rudolf Nureyev, not yet the imperious figure of legend, is a member of the world-renowned Kirov Ballet Company, travelling for the first time outside the Soviet Union. Parisian life delights Nureyev and the young dancer is eager to consume all the culture, art and music the dazzling city has to offer. The White Crow, based on the Julie Kavanaugh’s biography, is the true story of an incredible journey by a unique artist who transformed the world of ballet forever.
Biography
film director
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes (Ipswich, Suffolk, UK, 1962) trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art between 1983 and 1985. He began his career on the stage achieving prominence at the Royal Shakespeare Company and he made his feature film debut as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights in 1992. Fiennes made his feature film directorial debut in 2011 with Coriolanus in which he also starred in the title role. In 2013 he directed and starred in The Invisible Woman. Fiennes has been the recipient of many significant awards and nominations for his work on film and in the theatre. He was nominated for Academy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTAs for his roles in both The English Patient and Schindler’s List, winning the BAFTA for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the latter.
FILMOGRAFIA
Coriolanus (2011), The Invisible Woman (2013), The White Crow (2018)
Declaration
film director
“Although I had no great interest in ballet and I didn’t know much about Rudolf Nureyev, I was gripped by the story of his early life, his youth in Ufa in central Russia in the 1940s, his student years studying dance in Leningrad, now St Petersburg, and then culminating in his decision to defect to the West in 1961. That story got under my skin.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Ralph Fiennes
sceneggiatura/screenplay
David Hare
fotografia/cinematography
Mike Eley
montaggio/film editing
Barney Pilling
costumi/costume design
Madeline Fontaine
scenografia/production design
Anne Seibel
musica/music
Ilan Eshkeri
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Oleg Ivenko (Rudolf Nureyev), Ralph Fiennes (Pushkin), Louis Hofmann (Teja Kremke), Adèle Exarchopoulos (Clara Saint), Sergei Polunin (Yuri Soloviev), Olivier Rabourdin (Alexinsky)
produttore/producer
Gabrielle Tana
produzione/production
BBC Films, Magnolia Mae Films, Metalwork Pictures, Lonely Dragon Productions, Montebello Productions
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contatti/contacts
The Festival Agency
Selina Boye
sb@thefestivalagency.com
www.thefestivalagency.com
Ralph Fiennes
sceneggiatura/screenplay
David Hare
fotografia/cinematography
Mike Eley
montaggio/film editing
Barney Pilling
costumi/costume design
Madeline Fontaine
scenografia/production design
Anne Seibel
musica/music
Ilan Eshkeri
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Oleg Ivenko (Rudolf Nureyev), Ralph Fiennes (Pushkin), Louis Hofmann (Teja Kremke), Adèle Exarchopoulos (Clara Saint), Sergei Polunin (Yuri Soloviev), Olivier Rabourdin (Alexinsky)
produttore/producer
Gabrielle Tana
produzione/production
BBC Films, Magnolia Mae Films, Metalwork Pictures, Lonely Dragon Productions, Montebello Productions
**
contatti/contacts
The Festival Agency
Selina Boye
sb@thefestivalagency.com
www.thefestivalagency.com
