PREVIEW: Birds of Paradise (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kristine Froseth (The Assistant), Diana Silvers (Booksmart), Jacqueline Bisset (Bullitt), Stav Strashko (Flawless), Caroline Goodall (Schindler’s List), Nassim Lyes (Blind Valley), Roger Barclay (Diana & Me), Alice Regnouf (film debut), Eva Boiro (film debut), Solomon Golding (film debut), Daniel Camargo (film debut), Osiel Gouneo (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Sarah Adina Smith (The Midnight Swim), director, writer; Trevor Adley (The Keeping Room), Jonako Donley (Buster’s Mal Heart) and Dara Gordon (film debut), producers; Ellen Reid (The Midnight Swim), composer; Shaheen Seth (Buster’s Mal Heart), cinematographer; David Barker (Shirley), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Marine (Froseth) and Kate (Silvers) are two dancers at an elite ballet academy in Paris, who find their friendship tested when they compete for an exclusive contract to join the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The cutthroat world of ballet gets its biggest spotlight since Black Swan, in a drama that tests the bounds of friendship for the sake of a life-changing career move.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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