Dec 18, 2024
21 min
Full-HD

An Urban Allegory (2024)

A ballet dancer is late for an audition for a show inspired by Plato's Allegory of the Cave. She arrives with her seven-year-old son, Jay, and begs the director to give her a chance.

Category

Drama Fantasy

Country

France

Companies

Ad Vitam Production Social Animals ARTE France Cinéma

Naïm El Kaldaoui

Jay

Lyna Khoudri

Jay's Mother

Leos Carax

The Director

Félix Martinez

Assistant Director

Jade Barkati Martial

Ballerina

Lucie Fenwick

Ballerina

Amélie de Figueiredo

Ballerina

Alexia Giordano

Ballerina

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