Black Swan

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drama film film psychological horror film psychological thriller film

Black Swan is a 2010 psychological horror thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky, following a troubled ballerina’s descent into madness as she prepares for a demanding lead role.

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Black Swan (score) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
psychological horror film ⓘ
psychological thriller film ⓘ
basedOn story by Andres Heinz ⓘ
character Beth Macintyre ⓘ
Erica Sayers ⓘ
Lily ⓘ
Nina Sayers ⓘ
Thomas Leroy ⓘ
cinematographyBy Matthew Libatique ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Darren Aronofsky ⓘ
distributedBy Searchlight Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Fox Searchlight Pictures
editedBy Andrew Weisblum ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor Natalie Portman ⓘ
leadCharacter Nina Sayers ⓘ
musicBy Clint Mansell ⓘ
narrativeFocus ballerina preparing for lead role in Swan Lake ⓘ
premiereYear 2010 ⓘ
producedBy Arnold W. Messer ⓘ
Brian Oliver ⓘ
Mike Medavoy ⓘ
Rick Schwartz ⓘ
Scott Franklin ⓘ
productionCompany Cross Creek Pictures ⓘ
Phoenix Pictures ⓘ
Protozoa Pictures ⓘ
releaseYear 2010 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 108 ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
stars Barbara Hershey ⓘ
Mila Kunis ⓘ
Natalie Portman ⓘ
Vincent Cassel ⓘ
Winona Ryder ⓘ
subject Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
surface form: Swan Lake

ballet ⓘ
theme artistic obsession ⓘ
duality ⓘ
perfectionism ⓘ
psychological breakdown ⓘ
worldPremiereAt Venice Film Festival ⓘ
surface form: 67th Venice International Film Festival
writtenBy Andres Heinz ⓘ
John McLaughlin ⓘ
Mark Heyman ⓘ

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Mila Kunis → appearedIn → Black Swan ⓘ
Clint Mansell → composedForFilm → Black Swan ⓘ
Darren Aronofsky → directed → Black Swan ⓘ
Clint Mansell → notableWork → Black Swan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Swan (score)
Darren Aronofsky → notableWork → Black Swan ⓘ
Mila Kunis → notableWork → Black Swan ⓘ
Natalie Portman → notableWork → Black Swan ⓘ