Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
- new york city
- dance
- nightmare
- obsession
- insanity
- paranoia
- hallucination
- ballet dancer
- ballet
- female protagonist
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Natalie Portman
Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen
Mila Kunis
Lily / The Black Swan
Vincent Cassel
Thomas Leroy / The Gentleman
Barbara Hershey
Erica Sayers / The Queen
- Winona Ryder — Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan
- Benjamin Millepied — David Moreau / The Prince
- Ksenia Solo — Veronica / Little Swan
- Kristina Anapau — Galina / Little Swan
- Janet Montgomery — Madeline / Little Swan
- Sebastian Stan — Andrew / Suitor
- Toby Hemingway — Tom / Suitor
- Sergio Torrado — Sergio / Rothbart
- Mark Margolis — Mr. Fithian / Patron
- Tina Sloan — Mrs. Fithian / Patron
- Abraham Aronofsky — Mr. Stein / Patron
- Directed
- Darren Aronofsky
- Written
- Andres Heinz, Mark Heyman, John J. McLaughlin
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 15,837 ratings
- Studio
- Fox Searchlight Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures, Protozoa Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, Dune Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
