Black Swan (2010)
Darren Aronofsky's quite brilliant study of innocence, fragility and psychological breakdown. Disturbing and occasionally creepy, breathtaking and brutal. Brilliantly held together with a tremendous performance from Natalie Portman as a young ballet dancer overtaken by madness in her desperation to play the white swan in the classic ballet Swan lake, with excellent support from the ever reliable Vincent Cassel and Mila Kunis.
The film features sumptuous cinematography and a beautiful score which envelops you before overwhelming you during Portman's breathtaking swansong finale.
Finally a word of warning. This film contains several sequences of strong ballet
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