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Grand Jeté

Play trailer 1:45 Poster for Grand Jeté Released Sep 20, 2022 1h 45m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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For many years, Nadja was a famous ballet dancer. From childhood, she mercilessly trained her body. In the meantime, it has become more and more an obstacle in life and a source of constant pain. How to live after years of self-abandonment? Her work as a ballet teacher cannot fill this void. In search of a new orientation in life, Nadja returns to her place of origin, to Hanne, her mother. There she meets Mario, her son. Nadja had him as a teenager and after giving birth she let him grow up with her mother in order to devote herself entirely to ballet. The two who have hardly ever met, encounter as strangers -- and feel physically attracted to each other from the first moment. Mario, too, is intensively occupied with his body, trains it, explores its limits with a lack of concern and freedom that is unknown to Nadja and attracts her all the more. Gradually, the two develop an intense, passionate relationship beyond moral conventions. Their physical encounters become more and more a struggle to define one's own self and a recognition in the other.

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Carlos Aguilar TheWrap Deals with the transgression of the flesh but remains impartial to the actions of its characters, arguing that bodily pleasure and the outcome of said enjoyment don’t abide by the rules of morality. Sep 22, 2022 Full Review Wendy Ide Screen International Grand Jeté is a charged portrait of a sexual relationship between an older woman and a young man. Feb 15, 2022 Full Review Beth Accomando AWFJ.org Grand Jeté is definitely worth a watch if only for the commitment Stever and Grether make to the art they are creating. Nov 7, 2022 Full Review Steven Warner In Review Online Truly, the images captured within Grand Jeté are nothing less than transfixing, and frequently gorgeous to behold. Unfortunately, the film as a whole is far more one-note, its characters callously narcissistic and grossly unsympathetic. Sep 23, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Dennis M Majestic film, but definately a problematic watch. The selfishness of Nadja is bewildering by normal standards of morality, but Sarah Nevads Grather carries it off with great aplomb. The sex scenes are quite amazing, although deeply disturbing. One particularly nasty scene involves Hanna, the grandmother, as she unexpectedly reveals her own incestuous bent. Hard and challenging movie, but sincerely done. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/29/24 Full Review anthonytomb88 this film has an amazing plot line. and has a good story for people who are into that stuff... Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/03/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis For many years, Nadja was a famous ballet dancer. From childhood, she mercilessly trained her body. In the meantime, it has become more and more an obstacle in life and a source of constant pain. How to live after years of self-abandonment? Her work as a ballet teacher cannot fill this void. In search of a new orientation in life, Nadja returns to her place of origin, to Hanne, her mother. There she meets Mario, her son. Nadja had him as a teenager and after giving birth she let him grow up with her mother in order to devote herself entirely to ballet. The two who have hardly ever met, encounter as strangers -- and feel physically attracted to each other from the first moment. Mario, too, is intensively occupied with his body, trains it, explores its limits with a lack of concern and freedom that is unknown to Nadja and attracts her all the more. Gradually, the two develop an intense, passionate relationship beyond moral conventions. Their physical encounters become more and more a struggle to define one's own self and a recognition in the other.
Director
Isabelle Stever
Producer
Mohammed Farokhmanesh, Mohammad Farokhmanesh, Frank Geiger, Armin Hofmann
Screenwriter
Anna Melikova
Distributor
Altered Innocence
Production Co
Brave New Work Film Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 20, 2022, Limited
Runtime
1h 45m