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Margot (2009)
Director: Otto Bathurst
Cast: Anne-Marie Duff, Penelope Wilton, Con O'Neill, Lindsay Duncan
Runtime85 min
RatingPG
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At the age of forty Dame Margot Fonteyn is considered to be past her best as a prima ballerina and Ninette de Valois is reducing her roles at the Royal Ballet. Then the exciting young Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev, a recent defector to the West, comes into her life and her bed and revitalizes her career. Frederick Aashton creates a new ballet for them and they become the golden couple of the ballet world. However, Margot is married to Roberto 'Tito' Arias, a Panamanian politician of dubious repute who is not sympathetic to her calling and is probably faithless. When he is shot and paralyzed for life Margot must carry on dancing well into her sixties in order to pay for his costly treatment though she still collaborates with Rudolf in the occasional ballet.
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Margot is a compelling drama that showcases the powerhouse performances of Anne-Marie Duff and Penelope Wilton as legendary ballet dancer Margot Fonteyn and her complex personal life. Directed by Otto Bathurst in 2009, this film offers a nuanced, intimate look at Fonteyn's storied career and personal sacrifices as she collaborates with the iconic Rudolf Nureyev.
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Margot is a feminine given name, a French diminutive of Marguerite that has long been used as an independent name. Variant spellings in use include Margo and Margaux. It is also occasionally a surname.
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