Obscure feelings. The entire movie is shot entirely on location, in training halls, long corridors of dressing rooms, dark subways, stages, shaky cams, no bright daytime light, no sky. From the beginning to the end, the story is consistently detained in dimness and even darkness, just as the plot repeatedly oppresses the protagonist's heart.
Natalie Portman, with her bony body, pale face and frightened eyes, perfectly portrays Nina, the puritanical dancer.
The split on the movie's stage contributes to the exposure of the hidden personality in reality, and the fissure in reality in turn accomplishes the portrayal of the two extreme characters on the stage. The ballet dancer's madness in pursuing the purest and most beautiful art makes the story's theme even more condensed and classic.
Expanded profile
The main plot of "Black Swan": centers around Natalie Borman's Nina, a New York ballerina who lives with her mother, retired ballerina Erica, and whose life is nothing but dance and ambitious career goals. A great opportunity finally arrives when director Thomas (Vincent Cassel) decides to cast a new actress for the new season of "Swan Lake," and Nina is the first candidate.
However, she has one more contender, Lily (Mila Kunis), and Thomas requires dancers who can perform not only the innocence and grace of the White Swan, but also the guile and lust of the Black Swan. Nina is the perfect White Swan while Lily is the embodiment of the Black Swan. Gradually, the rivalry and confrontation between the two dancers enters a twisted state, as Nina begins to recklessly and recklessly explore her darker side, which will destroy her.