

The American
2023-11-02 · 110 min · ★ 6.8
American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.
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Production details
- Directors
- James Napier Robertson
- Production companies
- Ingenious Media, New Zealand Film Commission, Anonymous Content, Be Hope Films, Four Knights Film, Madants, Moderator Inwestycje
- Countries
- New Zealand, Poland, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 324,522
Top Cast
Talia RyderJoy Womack
Diane KrugerTatiyana Volkova
Oleg IvenkoNikolay Lebedev
Natasha AldersladeEleanor Womak
Natalia OsipovaNatalia Osipova
Charlotte UbbenDiana Ava Maria
Borys SzycAndrei Vadys
Tomasz KotVitaliy Ivanov
Karolina GruszkaValeriya LebedevTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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