Aleksey UCHITEL Алексей УЧИТЕЛЬ Alekseï OUTCHITEL   Russia, 1995, 86 mn  Colour, fiction

Mania of Giselle ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Мания Жизели    La Folie de Gisèle  Manya zhizeli

Plot synopsis

The film tells about the tragic fate of Russian ballerina Olga Spesivtseva who emigrated from Russia in the 20-es. Story of brilliant career and dramatic life story of the great dancer are told in the film not as a biographical document but as a theme of love enchantment delirium which was the most important theme in Spesivtseva’s art. This theme is the leit-motif of the story revealing the close connection between gift and madness, art and obsession, will and fate. The actress Galina Tyunina was awarded the Prize for the Best Actor’s Debut at the “Molodost” (“Youth”) International Film Festival in Kiev, the Ukraine.
The film was awarded the Main Prize of the III Russian Cinema Festival in Onfleur, France.
Source : www.lenfilm.ru

Selected in the following festivals :

- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 1995

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