The Ballerina

The Ballerina

Some choices haunt you forever

2017106 min5.5 / 10

A dark, intimate family drama set in a desolate landscape where a father and daughter confront trauma and loss as they struggle toward redemption.

A man and his 9-year-old daughter disappear into the swampy Virginia backwoods. Haunted by tragedy and destitution, they must both face the painful past if they are to ever have a future.

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