Ralph Fiennes captures the raw physicality and brilliance of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev in the flesh of Ukrainian dancer Oleg Ivenko. Ballet’s most famous star in the 50’s, Rudolf Nureyev stunned the world at the height of the Cold War, when he defected to the West. The White Crow charts how Nureyev plotted his flight in a game of cat-and-mouse with the Russian KGB aided by his great friend, the 21 year-old Parisian Clara Saint (Adèle Exarchopoulos).
See also the special screening of Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story, as part of FranceDance UK launch evening