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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 flying from St Petersburg to Paris. lt is 1961 and RudoIf Nureyev, not yet the imperious figure of legend, is a member of the worId-renowned Kirov BaIIet Company, traveIing for the first time outside the Soviet Union.
Parisian life deIights Nureyev and the young dancer is eager to consume aII 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 finaIIy 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 family and friends in terribIe danger.
From Nureyev’s poverty-stricken chiIdhood in the Soviet city of Ufa, to his blossoming as a student dancer in Leningrad, to his arrival at the epicentre of western cuIture in Paris in the early 1960s and a nail-biting stand-off at the Le Bourget airport, "THE WHlTE CROW" is the true story of an incredibIe journey by a unique artist who transformed the world of baIIet forever. |
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