Ballerina (2016 film)
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| Music by | Klaus Badelt |
| Cinematography | Jericca Cleland |
| Edited by | Yvann Thibaudeau |
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| Country | Canada France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $57.5 million |
Ballerina is a 2016 English-language Canadian-French 3D computer-animated musical adventure comedy film co-directed by Éric Summer and Éric Warin. The screenplay, by Summer, Carol Noble and Laurent Zeitoun, with music by Klaus Badelt, concerns a poor orphan girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina and gets a chance to audition for the celebrated school of the Paris Opera Ballet.
The film stars the voices of Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Maddie Ziegler and Carly Rae Jepsen. It was released in theatres in France and the UK in December 2016. The film is set to be released in the US on August 30, 2017, under the title Leap!, with Nat Wolff replacing DeHaan, and Kate McKinnon and Mel Brooks added.
In the 1880s, 11-year-old Félicie (Elle Fanning), a poor orphan girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina, but lacks formal training, runs away from her orphanage in rural Brittany with her best friend, Victor (Dane DeHaan), a young inventor. Together they go to beautiful Paris, but they soon become separated, as Victor becomes an office boy in Gustave Eiffel's workshop. Félicie gets a chance to audition for the celebrated school of the Paris Opera Ballet by briefly assuming the identity of the ruthless, snobby and bratty Camille Le Haut (Maddie Ziegler). Penniless, and without any formal dance experience, Félicie finds her training, and making friends at the ballet school among her fellow-students, very difficult. She finds a mentor: a mysterious cleaning woman with a limp, Odette (Carly Rae Jepsen), who turns out to be a former prima ballerina. With no technique but great determination, and the help of Victor and Odette, Félicie faces many failures and challenges. Mérante (Terrence Scammell), the school's exacting choreographer, dismisses the worst dancer in each class each day, so the pressure is great for Félicie to improve quickly to avoid elimination and claim the role of Clara in The Nutcracker. She must have the courage to follow her passion, work hard to turn her dreams into reality and work out "why she dances".
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