Grand Jeté (2022)
Release Year: 2022
Nation: Germany
Alternative Title: Grand Jete, 그랑 저테, Ґран-жете
Director: Isabelle Stever
Writer: Anna Melikova
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Keywords
Keywords: dance, dancer, mother role, ballet dancer, incest, boundary violations, ballerina, mother son relationship, grandmother grandson relationship, mother and son, mother son incest, mother son sex
Story
Dance teacher and mother Nadja left her son Mario with her own mother when he was little. Now she has reappeared on his doorstep, seeking a closeness that knows fewer and fewer boundaries. An uncompromising film about family relationships.
Summary
Nadja, a renowned dance teacher and once a devoted mother, abruptly left her young son Mario in the care of her own mother to pursue her artistic dreams. Years later, she resurfaces, seeking to rekindle a relationship with Mario, now a teenager, as he blossoms into a prodigious ballet talent under his grandmother's loving guardianship. Nadja's unyielding determination to forge an intimacy with Mario challenges the delicate familial balance, stirring emotions that transcend conventional motherly love and test the bonds of family loyalty in this poignant drama.
