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White Crow. The (The White Crow)
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Synopsis:
A young man of just 22, dressed in a bIack beret and a dark narrow suit, is on an aeropIane fIying from St Petersburg to Paris. lt is 1961 and RudoIf Nureyev, not yet the imperious figure of Iegend, is a member of the worId-renowned Kirov BalIet Company, traveIing for the first time outside the Soviet Union.
Parisian Iife delights Nureyev and the young dancer is eager to consume alI the culture, art and music the dazzling city has to offer. But the KGB officers who watch his every move become increasingIy suspicious of his behavior and his friendship with the young Parisienne Clara Saint. When they finally confront Nureyev with a shocking demand, he is forced to make a heart-breaking decision, one that may change the course of his life forever and put his famiIy and friends in terribIe danger.
From Nureyev’s poverty-stricken chiIdhood in the Soviet city of Ufa, to his bIossoming as a student dancer in Leningrad, to his arrivaI at the epicentre of western culture in Paris in the earIy 1960s and a nail-biting stand-off at the Le Bourget airport, "THE WHITE CROW" is the true story of an incredible journey by a unique artist who transformed the world of balIet forever. |
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