Directed by: Ralph Fiennes
Starring: Oleg Ivenko, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Ralph Fiennes
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It is a 2018 British biographical drama film written by David Hare and directed by Ralph Fiennes about ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
The film depicts events from Nureyev's childhood in Russia, his rise in the ballet world in Leningrad in the late 1950s, and his defection to the West in 1961 while in Paris with the Kirov Ballet.
Oleg Ivenko stars as Nureyev, with Adèle Exarchopoulos, Chulpan Khamatova and Ralph Fiennes in supporting roles. It was produced by BBC Films and other companies.
It had its premiere at film festivals in 2018 and was released in UK cinemas in March 2019 through StudioCanal and in the US in April 2019 by Sony Pictures Classics.
Critical reception was mixed-positive, praising Fiennes' direction and Ivenko's performance but finding the narrative lacking flair at times.
It provides background on Nureyev's life and career drawn from Julie Kavanagh's biography of the dancer that inspired the film's story.
As a biopic, it aims to portray the personal and sociopolitical factors that influenced Nureyev's defection from the Soviet Union.
The title is a reference to Nureyev's childhood nickname "white crow" for being an unusual person in his town.
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