Bobbi Jene (2017)
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Country:
Denmark, Israel, USA
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Duration:
95 min
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Genre:
drama, romance
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Director:
Elvira Lind
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Producer:
Julie Leerskov, Julie E. Pedersen
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Cast:
Bobbi Jene Smith, Laura Dern, Ohad Naharin, Or Schraiber
About film
American dancer Bobbi Jene decides to leave her great mentor — the choreographer Ohad Nahardi — and to return to the US. Determined to succeed, Bobbi creates her own performances. This is the story of a talented woman fighting for independence.
Rewards and nominations
- Tribeca Film Festival 2017 (USA) — Best Documentary, Best Cinematography, Best Editing in a Documentary Feature
- Philadelphia Film Festival 2017 (USA) — Best Documentary Feature
Director
39-year-old Danish director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and producer. She is married to the actor Óscar Isaac, the Golden Globe Award winner. She debuted with a music video for Danish performer Trentemøller, then she created Songs for Alexis – a biographical story about the singer Ryan Cassata. In 2017 she released her documentary Bobbi Jene about American dancer, who for ten years has been the lead dancer at the Batsheva Dance Company, and then decided to go home, leaving her career and her lover – the company's choreographer – behind.
Along with
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Speaker:
Toma Nuevo
Along with
- Category:
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Speaker:
Toma Nuevo
Trailer
Director
39-year-old Danish director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and producer. She is married to the actor Óscar Isaac, the Golden Globe Award winner. She debuted with a music video for Danish performer Trentemøller, then she created Songs for Alexis – a biographical story about the singer Ryan Cassata. In 2017 she released her documentary Bobbi Jene about American dancer, who for ten years has been the lead dancer at the Batsheva Dance Company, and then decided to go home, leaving her career and her lover – the company's choreographer – behind.
