For the successful ballet dancer Laura, passion and excess only occur in dancing. Yet, in everyday life, she is perhaps the most outstanding performer, and the urban scenery of St. Petersburg is her actual stage.
In atmospheric and calm images, the film shows the life of an extraordinary young woman in whose daily routine the classical authoritarian body regime of Russian ballet is combined with today's regime of self-optimization.
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Genre: short documentary
Shooting: 2017
Completion: March 2018
Duration: 20 Min.
Language: Russian
Subtitles: de, eng, fr
Shot in: 4K Digital / DCP
Production: Filmgerberei GmbH
Producers: Flavio Gerber & Nadine Lüchinger
Co-production: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Author & director: Maja Tschumi
Camera & sound: Silvio Gerber
Laura Fernandez
Produced through funding from the Zürcher Filmstiftung