Etoile (film)

Etoile (transl. Ballet Star) is a 1989 film starring Jennifer Connelly and Gary McCleery.

Etoile
Directed byPeter Del Monte
Produced byAchille Manzotti[1]
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Peter Del Monte
  • Sandro Petraglia[1]
Starring
Music byJürgen Knieper[1]
CinematographyAcácio de Almeida[1]
Edited byAnna Napoli[1]
Production
companies
  • Gruppo Bema
  • Reteitalia
Distributed byAristi Associati
Release date
  • 17 March 1989 (1989-03-17) (Italy)
Running time
101 minutes [1]
CountryItaly[1]

Plot

The American ballerina Claire Hamilton travels to Hungary to join a prestigious ballet school. The school is haunted by the spirit of a ballerina who died in a carriage accident, that possesses Claire.

Cast

Production

Following the release of the science fiction film Julia and Julia, director Peter Del Monte followed up the film with another in the fantastique genre.[2] The producer Achille Manzotti provided the director with a cast that included Jennifer Connelly, Gary McCleery and Charles Durning.[2] Filming began in Budapest and Italy in 1988 under the working title of Ballerina.[2][3]

Release

Etoile was distributed theatrically in Italy by Aristi Associati and released on 17 March 1989.[1] The film was awarded the Critic's Award at the 1990 Fantasporto Film Festival in Portugal.[4]

Reception

According to Italian critic and historian Roberto Curti, Etoile was "ravaged" by Italian critics.[4] Maurizio Porro of Corriere della Sera stated the film appeared to resemble a remake of Dario Argento's Opera "without suspense".[4][5][6] Porro commented that the film was "confused and not at all fascinating" declaring it Del Monte's worst film.[4][5][6]

See also

References

Footnotes
  1. Curti 2019, p. 175.
  2. Curti 2019, p. 176.
  3. Grassi, Giovanna (15 July 1988). "Jennifer Beals è della Partita". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  4. Curti 2019, p. 177.
  5. Porro, Maurizio (22 March 1989). "Quel 'majo' dei cigni". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  6. Curti 2019, p. 178.

Sources
  • Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. McFarland. ISBN 1476672431.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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