It's extraordinary such an obscure French movie can already have two reviews .
Jean -Benoit Levy is completely forgotten in his native France ,even his masterpiece "La Maternelle" which is ,like "La Mort Du Cygne" ,a collaboration with Marie Epstein who should be credited for the screenplay AND the directing.
"La Mort Du Cygne" is finally a cruel story,and the ending may seem immoral,considering "Le Petit Rat" (pupil of the opera ballet)Rose Souris (=mouse!)has broken a ballerina's career (for a dancer ,it is some kind of death).And the girl is a teenager ,no longer a little child .After her crime (she intentionally caused an accident on stage),her idol tells her that dance is not everything ; she is actually looking for love .
There are many ballets ,including a very beautiful one by the Petits Rats .
It is a subject which is very rare in the FRench cinema ;in the sixties,actress Odette Joyeux would make a nice miniseries called "L'Age Heureux" featuring pupils of the Opera De Paris ballet class.
Jean -Benoit Levy is completely forgotten in his native France ,even his masterpiece "La Maternelle" which is ,like "La Mort Du Cygne" ,a collaboration with Marie Epstein who should be credited for the screenplay AND the directing.
"La Mort Du Cygne" is finally a cruel story,and the ending may seem immoral,considering "Le Petit Rat" (pupil of the opera ballet)Rose Souris (=mouse!)has broken a ballerina's career (for a dancer ,it is some kind of death).And the girl is a teenager ,no longer a little child .After her crime (she intentionally caused an accident on stage),her idol tells her that dance is not everything ; she is actually looking for love .
There are many ballets ,including a very beautiful one by the Petits Rats .
It is a subject which is very rare in the FRench cinema ;in the sixties,actress Odette Joyeux would make a nice miniseries called "L'Age Heureux" featuring pupils of the Opera De Paris ballet class.