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Giselle: Ballet in Cinema

Giselle: Ballet in Cinema

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 21, 2024

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

Music, Romance

Original Title

Giselle: Ballet in Cinema

Director

Isabelle Julien

Description

The ultimate romantic ballet, performed by former Bolshoi Ballet principals Olga Smirnova and Jacopo Tissi, who fled Russia and joined the Dutch National Ballet, where this production is filmed. The young peasant girl Giselle falls in love with Albrecht, a nobleman already betrothed who hides his true identity from her. When she learns the truth, she becomes mad and dies. Against her own will, Giselle joins the Wilis: vengeful spirits of jilted brides who condemn Albrecht to dance until he dies of exhaustion.