"I just want to be perfect."
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
- Suicide or self-harm
- Bleak ending
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Earnest, grave, overwhelming and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Natalie PortmanNina Sayers / The Swan Queen
- Mila KunisLily / The Black Swan
- Vincent CasselThomas Leroy / The Gentleman
- Barbara HersheyErica Sayers / The Queen
- Winona RyderBeth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
- Benjamin MillepiedDavid Moreau / The Prince
- Ksenia SoloVeronica / Little Swan
- Kristina AnapauGalina / Little Swan
- Janet MontgomeryMadeline / Little Swan
- Sebastian StanAndrew / Suitor
Crew
- Darren AronofskyDirector
- John J. McLaughlinScreenplay
- Mark HeymanScreenplay
- Andres HeinzScreenplay
- Matthew LibatiqueDirector of Photography
- Clint MansellOriginal Music Composer
- Andrew WeisblumEditor
- Mike MedavoyProducer
- Scott FranklinProducer
- Arnold MesserProducer
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