The Dying Swan
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Last published Sat, Feb 16, 2013
Alina Pavlova is a sweet girl. She has everything she could ever want, she was a principal dancer at one of the top ballet companies of the world. While touring in North America a young man named Martin Lord offers her a job as an actress on the set of a remake of the famous ballet thriller Black Swan. Alina agrees without knowing what the movie is about, when she learns she is frightened of the thought of herself going mad over a role. She still goes on with the show like any great actor would. However, on set pressures from her lack of film acting begins to show. She herself is consumed by the Black Swan...
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