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Directed by Eric Summer, Éric Warin. With Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Carly Rae Jepsen, Maddie Ziegler. An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera House.
- (25K)
- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Eric Summer, Éric Warin
- 2017-08-25
A co-production between Canadian and French companies, the film takes place in 1880s France and follows an orphan girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina and gets a chance to audition for the celebrated school of the Paris Opera Ballet. Ballerina stars the voices of Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan, Maddie Ziegler and Carly Rae Jepsen.
Best friends Félicie and Victor hatch a plan to escape from their rural orphanage in 19th-century France. Félicie dreams of becoming a ballerina, while Victor wants to use his brainpower to ...
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- Eric Summer, Éric Warin
- PG
- Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
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In the 1880s, eleven-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, and Victor becomes an office boy in ...
Elle Fanning as Félicie Milliner, an orphan girl with dreams of becoming a ballerinaDane DeHaan (Nat Wolff in the American version) as Victor, an aspiring young inventor and Félicie's best friendMaddie Ziegler as Camille Le Haut, Félicie's arrogant rival at the ballet schoolCarly Rae Jepsen as Odette, a mysterious caretaker and former prima ballerina who helps FélicieThe film was produced at L'Atelier Animation in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The filmmakers used key frame animation of Aurélie Dupont and Jérémie Bélingard, two star dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet, to translate realistic dance choreography to the animated film. Dupont became the de factochoreographer of the film's dance sequences.
The soundtrack album was released internationally by Gaumont on December 12, 2016. The album features both the film's original score composed by Klaus Badelt, and songs from other artists that are used in the film. The film also features songs that are not included in the album, such as "Cut to the Feeling" and "Runaways" by Jepsen and "Suitcase" b...
The film premiered at the Mon premier Festival on October 19, 2016, and it was released in France and the UK in December 2016. Numerous releases followed around the world. Entertainment One distributed the film in Canada, with the theatrical release beginning on February 24, 2017 in Quebecand March 3, 2017 elsewhere in Canada. In May 2016, The Wein...
Box office
Template:As of, Ballerina had grossed approximately US$106 million worldwide. It opened in France on 14 December 2016 with over half a million admissions, earning €2.2 million (c. US$2.4 million) over the course of the weekend. Its French gross eventually reached $14.5 million. In Canada, it earned more than C$1.5 million during the first 13 days of its theatrical run, $1.1 million of which was made in Quebec. It ultimately grossed a total of $3.6 million (~US$2.8 million) in Canada. It was r...
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the original version of the film holds an approval rating of 73% based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. On French entertainment information website AlloCiné, the film has an average grade of 3.5/5, based on 17 critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the US version of the film, entitled Leap!, has an approval rating rating of 37% based on 49 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "From its bland story t...
Template:Official websiteTemplate:IMDb titleThe Paris Opera (2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house. Starring...
Aug 25, 2017 · An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house. Set in 1879 Paris.
