Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who wants to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon. Driven by an decisive will, he collects valuable caoutchouc in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest to finance his project. What starts as an adventure of epic proportions culminates in an unforgettable undertaking. In front of and behind the camera, on the brink of madness and beyond. Werner Herzog puts Klaus Kinski as Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald against the forces of nature and the limits of what is (physically) possible in a notorious production. Anything less would be no challenge for the opera fanatic.

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Nina Sayers got the lead role in Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake”. This makes her the star of her New York ballet company, fame at last after years of back-breaking work. She will play the white and black swan at the same time, but her competitor Lily is hot on her heels. Nina fights for her sanity; the young ballerina’s psyche is a frighteningly accurate fit for her leading role as the two-faced, beautiful, and dangerous Swan Queen. Natalie Portman dances with the audience and for her life in Darren Aronofsky’s ballet drama.

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