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The American

English
May 16, 2024
1hr 50min
Status: released

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The American Movie Details:

Also known asJoika
Country New Zealand
Poland
Language English
GenreBiography, Drama
Release date2023 Deauville American Film Festival (premiere)
2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival
2024 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
May 16, 2024 (New Zealand)
Running time1hr 50min
StarringDiane Kruger
Talia Ryder
Tomasz Kot
Directed by James Napier Robertson
Screenplay byJames Napier Robertson
Produced byPaul Green
Tom Hern
Belindalee Hope
Paula Munoz Vega
Cinematography by Tomasz Naumiuk
Edited by Chris Plummer
Martin Brinker
Music byDana Lund
Production CompanyIngenious Media
RBF Productions
New Zealand Film Commission
Polish Film Institute
Department of Post
Moderator Inwestycje Group

The American Movie Cast & Characters:

  • Talia Ryder as Joy Womack
  • Diane Kruger as Tatiyana Volkova
  • Oleg Ivenko as Nikolay Lebedev
  • Natasha Alderslade as Eleanor Womack
  • Natalia Osipova as Natalia Osipova
  • Charlotte Ubben as Diana Ava Maria
  • Borys Szyc as Andrei Vadys
  • Tomasz Kot as Vitaliy Ivanov
  • Karolina Gruszka as Valeriya Lebedev
  • Martin Hugh Henley as Clay Womack
  • Artur Shesterikov as Mikhail Martynyuk
  • Erica Horwood as Natasha
  • Tamila Dudnik as Katya
  • Leonie Hansen as Ksenia
  • Martyna Wrzesinska as Nadia
  • Weronika Juchimiuk as Alyona
  • Julia Bielska as Diana
  • Zuzanna Burak as Daria
  • Zuzanna Rutkowska as Olga
  • Marta Makurat as Polina
  • Mariiia Nechosa as Sofia
  • Danila Marzilli as Anya
  • Izabella Grzyberk as Kira
  • Dominik Mironiuk as Popov
  • Dariusz Majchrzak as Men’s Class Teacher
  • Anita Poddebniak as Academy Nurse
  • Bartosz Jakubowski as Academy Pianist
  • Chinara Alizade as Anastasia, Bolshoi Prima
  • Andrzej Klak as Bolshoi Choreographer
  • Wojciech Urbanski as Bolshoi Choreographer
  • Edyta Torhan as Bolshoi Attendant
  • Kamil Studnicki as Fedor

Storyline:

A fifteen-year old aspiring American ballerina leaves her Texan family home and is thrust into the world of Russian ballet as one of the very few Americans to ever be accepted into the Moscow Bolshoi Academy. Under legendary teacher Tatiyana Volkova, Joy Womack trains with the goal of becoming a Prima Ballerina at the Bolshoi Company. But, behind the beauty of dance is a world of pain and brutal competitiveness, and Joy is forced to push her body, her mind and her choices further than she ever thought possible. Finding unlikely support from Volkova, she risks her health, relationships and potentially her life in her journey to determine what it means to be great.

About The American Movie:

The American (Joika) is a New Zealand–Polish drama about American ballerina Joy Womack training at the prestigious Moscow Bolshoi Theatre. It was written by James Napier Robertson and stars Diane Kruger and Talia Ryder.

Filming began in Poland in February 2022 and finished in Warsaw a few hours before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The film first premiered at the 2023 Deauville American Film Festival. It was also screened at the 2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival and the 2024 Santa Barbara International Film Festival between 15–16 February 2024.

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