Movie
The American
Overview
American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.
Details
- Release date
- 2023-11-02
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Ingenious Media, New Zealand Film Commission, Anonymous Content, Be Hope Films, Four Knights Film, Madants, Grupa Moderator Studio Filmowe
- Country
- New Zealand, Poland, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Talia Ryder as Joy Womack
- Diane Kruger as Tatiyana Volkova
- Oleg Ivenko as Nikolay Lebedev
- Natasha Alderslade as Eleanor Womak
- Natalia Osipova as Natalia Osipova
- Charlotte Ubben
- Borys Szyc as Andrei Vadys
- Tomasz Kot as Vitaliy Ivanov
- Karolina Gruszka as Valeriya Lebedev
- Martin Hugh Henley as Clay Womack
- Ewa Rodart as Bartender
- Tamiła Dudnik as Katya
Crew
- James Napier Robertson - Director
- James Napier Robertson - Writer
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