Brunelle regularly posts the rankings of each dancer, creating just the right amount of tension between the students and the narrative.īut Suspiria this is not. Then there are the students: Friends and lovers by constraint, competitors by design. Brunelle refers to the students as “rats,” testing them to find the limits of their pursuit. A mystery crops up as Kate circles the outer ring of this elite academy run by the frosty Madame Brunelle (Jacqueline Bisset). The rest, she’ll have to pony-up for herself: Slippers, cover charge to the Jungle, and drugs.įor the first 20 minutes or so of Birds of Paradise, the latest from writer/director Sarah Adina Smith, you might think you’re in Suspiria territory. But competition is cutthroat, and Kate has two things working against her: She’s American and doesn’t speak a lick of French, and she’s here on a scholarship. If she succeeds and earns the academy’s top prize, she will win a contract with the Opéra national de Paris. Hailing from Virginia, Kate has won a spot at a prestigious Parisian ballet academy. It’s all that matters.Īll that matters to Kate Sanders (Diana Silvers) is being the best. It’s always been about sex, blood, and money.
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