Ballet Boys

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Ballet Boys

2014

1h 15m

Documentary

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10 Reviews

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Ballet is used to express feelings of disappointment, friendship and faith.

Leslie Felperin

Guardian

Sep 12, 2014

3/5

Shot over four years, this pleasant but not especially insightful Norwegian documentary tracks three teenage boys training at Norway's top ballet school.

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

Sep 11, 2014

3/5

The delicate bond that emerges between young boys under unusual pressure is the highlight of an otherwise fairly conventional doc.

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Cormac O'Brien

Little White Lies

Sep 11, 2014

3/5

A light documentary that captures the thrill of dance dramatics and the awkwardness of growing pains.

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Matthew Turner

VODzilla.co

May 11, 2022

6/10

An engaging and frequently charming documentary but it’s more successful as a portrait of teenage friendship than as a look at the pressures of training to be a male ballet dancer.

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Rich Cline

Contactmusic.com

Sep 15, 2014

3.5/5

Only in Norway could filmmakers make such an honest documentary about 14-year-old boys who dream of becoming top ballet dancers.

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Jul 31, 2022

The greatest 1.25 hours ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Jun 3, 2017

All a bit meh and with no real payoff or sense of anything at stake, even for its participants.

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Mar 28, 2016

Very good documentary and enjoyable - but you are left wanting more. What happened? Where are they now?

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Aug 23, 2015

Shallow & lack of passion documentary.

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Kenneth Elvebakk

Director

Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød

Actor

Syvert Lorenz Garcia

Actor

Torgeir Lund

Actor

Kenneth Elvebakk

Writer

Carsten Aanonsen

Producer

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Synopsis

Ballet is used to express feelings of disappointment, friendship and faith.

Director: Kenneth Elvebakk
Producer: Carsten Aanonsen
Screenwriter: Kenneth Elvebakk
Production Co: Indiefilm
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Norwegian
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 1, 2017
Runtime: 1h 15m

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