An Urban Allegory

Dec 18, 2024

0h 21m

★ 7.6

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Production Companies

Ad Vitam Production

Social Animals

ARTE France Cinéma

An Urban Allegory Trailers

Cast

Jay

Naïm El Kaldaoui

Jay's Mother

Lyna Khoudri

The Director

Leos Carax

Assistant Director

Félix Martinez

Ballerina

Jade Barkati Martial

Ballerina

Lucie Fenwick

Ballerina

Amélie de Figueiredo

Ballerina

Alexia Giordano

Ballerina

Tramayne Johnson-Pauillac

Ballerina

Maharu Kumakawa

Ballerina

Sakiko Oishi

Ballerina

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