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Black Swan
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Discover the Black Swan Poster and immerse yourself in a cinematic experience full of intense emotions. This poster perfectly evokes the dark and captivating universe of the film, featuring a solitary dancer in the middle of an ocean of shadows. The palpable tension between grace and madness shines through in every detail, capturing the very essence of this acclaimed cinematic masterpiece.
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Description of this Black Swan Poster
Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky from a screenplay by Mark Heyman, John McLaughlin and Andres Heinz, based on a story by Heinz. The film stars Natalie Portman in the title role, with Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, and Winona Ryder in supporting roles. The plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake by the New York City Ballet company. The production requires a ballerina to play the white swan, innocent and fragile, for whom committed dancer Nina Sayers (Portman) is perfect, as well as the black swan, dark and sensual, qualities best embodied by new rival Lily (Kunis). Nina is overcome by a feeling of immense pressure when she finds herself competing for the role, causing her to lose her tenuous grip on reality and descend into madness.
Aronofsky conceived the screenplay by linking his viewings of a production of Swan Lake to an unrealized screenplay about doubles and the notion of being haunted by a double, as in the folklore surrounding doppelgängers. Aronofsky cites Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Double as another source of inspiration for the film. The director also considered Black Swan as a companion to his film The Wrestler (2008), with both films revolving around demanding performances for different types of artistry. He first discussed the project with Portman in 2000, and after a brief collaboration with Universal Pictures, Black Swan was produced in New York in 2009 by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Portman and Kunis trained in ballet for several months before filming.
Black Swan premiered at the 67th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2010 and enjoyed a limited release in the United States beginning December 3, before being released widely. on December 17. Upon release, the film received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for Aronofsky's direction and the performances of Portman and Kunis. The film was also a major commercial success, grossing $329 million worldwide on a budget of $13 million. The film received five nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards, including Best Picture, with Portman winning Best Actress; it also received four nominations at the 68th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture, Drama, with Portman winning Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama. In 2021, Portman's performance was included in The New Yorker's list of the best film performances of the 21st century.
Nina Sayers, a young dancer with the New York City Ballet company, lives with her overprotective mother, Erica, herself a former ballerina. The company opens the season with Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. After forcing principal dancer Elizabeth "Beth" MacIntyre to retire, artistic director Thomas Leroy announces that he is looking for a new dancer for the dual role of Odette, the innocent and fragile white swan, and Odile, the sensual and dark black swan. Nina auditions for the roles and gives an impeccable dance as Odette, but fails to portray Odile.
The next day, Nina asks Thomas to reconsider his role. When he forcefully kisses her, she bites him and runs away from his office. Later that day, Nina reads the cast list and is surprised to discover that she got the lead role. At a gala celebrating the new season, a drunken Beth accuses Nina of performing sexual favors on Thomas in exchange for a promotion. The next day, Nina learns that Beth was hit by a car, but Thomas thinks she tried to kill herself. Nina visits an unconscious Beth in hospital and finds to her horror that her legs have been seriously injured, meaning Beth will no longer be able to perform as a dancer.
During rehearsals, Thomas tells Nina to observe a newcomer, Lily, who has a physical resemblance to Nina but also an uninhibited quality that Nina does not have. Nina has hallucinations and finds scratch marks on her back.
One evening, despite Erica's objection, Nina accepts Lily's invitation to go out for a drink. Lily gives Nina an ecstasy capsule, telling her it will help her relax. Nina refuses at first, then accepts. She repeats to Lily that the effects will only last a few hours and quickly begins acting out under the influence of ecstasy. Nina flirts with the men at the bar and with Lily. They dance at a nightclub and return to Nina's apartment late at night. After arguing with Erica, Nina barricades herself in her room and Lily performs cunnilingus on her. The next morning, she wakes up alone and realizes that she is late for the dress rehearsal.
Arriving at Lincoln Center, Nina sees Lily dancing as Odile and confronts her about their night together. Lily seems troubled by Nina's insinuation that they slept together and denies going home with Nina, saying she went home with one of the men from the bar. Nina is convinced that Lily intends to take her place, especially after learning that Thomas has made Lily his replacement. Nina's hallucinations are stronger and stronger and her injuries more and more numerous, going so far as to imagine herself transforming into Odile. On the night of the premiere, Nina blames her mother for calling the theater to tell them she was unfit to perform, fearing the role would be too difficult for her. When Nina arrives late, Lily is ready to replace her, but Nina convinces Thomas to allow her to reprise her role.
Towards the end of the ballet's second act, Nina is distracted by another hallucination and loses her stability as Odette. The dancer playing the prince drops her on stage, which angers Thomas. She returns to her dressing room and finds Lily there preparing to play the role of Odile. During a confrontation, Lily transforms into Nina. The two fight and break a mirror. Nina stabs her doppelgänger with a large shard of glass from the mirror, killing her. The body becomes Lily's again. Nina hides the corpse in the bathroom and goes on stage, dancing perfectly like Odile and seemingly transforming into a black swan, her arms covered in feathers. Approved by the audience, Nina surprises Thomas with a passionate kiss and returns to her dressing room.
As Nina wears Odette's tutu and white swan makeup again, she hears a knock on her door. She opens it and finds Lily alive, who apologizes for the misunderstanding and congratulates Nina before taking her leave. Confused, Nina notices that the mirror is still broken and that the towel she used to blot up the blood is clean, with no bodies in the bathroom. She looks down and removes a piece of glass from her abdomen, realizing that she stabbed herself, not Lily.
Nina dances the final act of the ballet, which ends with Odette throwing herself off a cliff and Nina landing on a mattress. Thunderous applause erupts in the room, while Thomas, Lily and the others gather to congratulate Nina, who remains lying on the mattress. Thomas sees the blood spreading to his waist and calls for help. He frantically asks Nina what happened to her, to which she calmly replies, "I felt it. It was perfect", as the screen fades to white.
