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Last modified: Sep. 8, 2021

Birds of Paradise

Release Date: Friday, September 24, 2021 Prime Video

Director: Sarah Adina Smith

Starring: Diana Silvers Kristine Froseth Jacqueline Bisset

R Adaptation 1 hr, 53 m

  • 4 / 5
83% 17%

Plot

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Plot
Kate Sanders is an ambitious and gifted, if tomboyish, aspiring ballerina from Virginia who, because of her low-income status, is given a scholarship to attend a prestigious ballet school in Paris, France. Upon arriving at the cutthroat, internationally-renowned institution, her confidence and emotional fortitude are tested by a beautiful, mysterious fellow dancer, Marine Durand, who recently lost her brother (and dance partner) to suicide. While confrontational at first, Kate and Marine’s relationship evolves into an emotionally-charged, competitive union beset by lies, sexual awakening and, ultimately, emotional breakthrough as they risk everything to win the school’s ultimate prize: a contract to join the Opéra national de Paris.
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The film's director Sarah Adina Smith last directed Lessons in Chemistry (series) and The Drop. The film's writer Sarah Adina Smith last wrote The Drop and Unlovable.

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Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Filmed in Budapest (8/1/2021).
  • Based on the book “Bright Burning Stars” by A.K. Small.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating
R Restricted for drug use, sexual content, language and brief nudity
Runtime
1 hr, 53 m
Tagline
Not available
Also known as
Bright Burning Stars

Language
English

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Release Dates

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Birds of Paradise was released in Prime Video on Friday, September 24, 2021. There were 13 other movies released on the same date, including Dear Evan Hansen, East Of The Mountains and The Starling.

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