Étoile is a 1989 Italian film about a new ballerina student who becomes possessed by the spirit of the ballerina who haunts the school. It stars Jennifer Connelly and Charles Durning. I like Charles Durning, and this is a beautiful and interesting movie. It gets quite bizarre towards the end.
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TCM has an overview. Rotten Tomatoes doesn't have a critics score but has an audience rating of 80%.
I've never heard of this film, but I'm off to spend an hour or so watching it. Thanks for the embedded link.
ReplyDeletei had never heard of this one until i ran across it on youtube. i reminds me a bit of black swan and less so of the red shoes. i hope you like it.
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