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.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.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.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
- Felicie
- (voice)
- Victor
- (voice)
- Odette
- (voice)
- Camille
- (voice)
- Mérante
- (voice)
- (as Terence Scammel)
- …
- Rudolph
- (voice)
- …
- Regine
- (voice)
- Dora
- (voice)
- (as Elena Dunkleman)
- …
- Nora
- (voice)
- (as Soshana Sperling)
- Greasy Guard
- (voice)
- …
- Luteau
- (US version)
- (voice)
- Postman
- (US version)
- (voice)
- (as Ricardo Sanchez)
- Regine
- (US version)
- (voice)
- …
- Margarette
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Briggitte
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- Quotes
Victor: [watching Felicie dance around the Irish bar] Wow!
[Love-struck, he tosses her a rose. Felicie reaches up to catch it, but loses her balance and falls onto a table. Merante, who was seated nearby, stands up and removes his hat. Felicie gasps in fear]
Mérante: [sternly] I hope that tomorrow you act with a little more dignity.
[starts to walk out]
Mérante: Anyway, tonight was...
[puts his hat back on and smiles]
Mérante: A GOOD performance.
Felicie: [flattered] Thank you, sir.
- Crazy creditsThe title doesn't appear until the end of the film.
- Alternate versionsThe United States version of the film, released by The Weinstein Company, has Nat Wolff, Mel Brooks and Kate McKinnon replace Dane DeHaan, Jamie Watson, Julie Khaner and Bronwen Mantel as Victor, M. Luteau, Régine Le Haut and Mother Superior. McKinnon also does the voice of Félicie's Mother, a character who was mute in the French and original English versions. Terrence Scammell and Ricardo Sanchez also re-dub the roles of the Janitor and Postman in this version. There are also a few different lines in the United States version in contrast to the French and original English versions.
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- SoundtracksYou Know It's About You
Written by Chris Braide and Wrabel (as Stephen Wrabel)
Performed by Chris Braide (as Magical Thinker) featuring Wrabel (as Stephen Wrabel)
String arrangement by Klaus Badelt and Christopher Carmichael
Produced and mixed by Chris Braide (as Christopher Braide)
Enlisting the talent of French animator who was partly responsible for one of my favourite animated movies, Belleville Rendez-vous, Éric Warin sits alongside Summer in the director's chair and what they give us is a delightful underdog story.
The focus of the story is on Félicie, voiced by Elle Fanning, an ambitious yet rebellious orphan girl who dreams of becoming a dancer, constantly attempting to flee the orphanage to Paris, in pursuit of her ambition.
She's not alone in either dream-chasing or escaping the orphanage. Victor, voiced by Dane DeHaan, an obvious admirer of hers also wishes to leave to become a famous inventor, so the two of them embark on an adventure finally reaching Paris and with various strokes of good fortunate, end up where they both want to be.
The voices don't necessarily match their characters, DeHaan being far to old (apologies, 30 isn't old, but...) to voice a teenage orphan. Pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen does a fine job of voicing broken ballerina, Odette, but I'm most impressed with Sia's music video dancing star, Maddie Ziegler, voicing the spoilt, stuck-up Camille.
It has all the ingredients of a simple yet pleasing underdog story with some impressive and enticing animation. The dances themselves are superbly gracefully and the details are brilliant. There's troublesome emotions, difficult choices and quite a few triumphs with a clear message of never giving up and what ever you do, do it with heart.
It's predictable but that's forgivable being a children's film. It's loaded with touching gestures and typical twists that make the film memorable but is equally loaded with unnecessary silliness and feels a little rushed in places, possibly to keep children's attention.
It's not a musical but the soundtrack that accompanies the film really stands out with some great tracks from Magical Thinker, Chantal Kreviazuk and Camila Mora. Klaus Badelt does a graceful and enchanting score that does well to stand alone from Tchaikovsky's ballet greats of Swan Lake and the Nutcracker.
It's good sign not hearing any disturbances for the young audience and my God-Daughter seemed to enjoy it giving a little dance at the end. It's far from perfect but there's some great scenes and you can see the effort was put in. It's good light-hearted entertainment for the whole family.
Running Time: 8 The Cast: 6 Performance: 7 Direction: 7 Story: 8 Script: 7 Creativity: 8 Soundtrack: 9 Job Description: 9 The Extra Bonus Points: 0
69% 7/10
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- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Ballerina
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $24,702,560
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $181,091
- Feb 26, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $109,573,511
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1