Amazon Prime Video has released the official trailer for the upcoming drama film titled Birds of Paradise, based on A.K. Small’s 2019 novel Bright Burning Stars. The video, which you can check out below along with the key art poster, highlights the unlikely partnership between two aspiring ballerinas as they compete for the school’s ultimate prize. The film will be available for streaming on September 24.
Friendship and competition don’t mix when the ultimate grand prize is on the line. Birds of Paradise is coming to Prime Video September 24. pic.twitter.com/ORvkUyJVGr
— Prime Video (@PrimeVideo) September 8, 2021
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Birds of Paradise is written and directed by Sarah Adina Smith. The film is led by Booksmart star Diana Silvers, and The Society‘s Kristine Froseth. Joining them are Jacqueline Bisset, Caroline Goodall, Nassim Lyes, Roger Barclay, Stav Strashko, Solomon Golding, and more.
“Kate Sanders is an ambitious and gifted, if tomboyish, aspiring ballerina from Virginia who, because of her low-income status, is given a scholarship to attend a prestigious ballet school in Paris, France,” reads the official synopsis. “Upon arriving at the cutthroat, internationally-renowned institution, her confidence and emotional fortitude are tested by a beautiful, mysterious fellow dancer, Marine Durand, who recently lost her brother (and dance partner) to suicide. While confrontational at first, Kate and Marine’s relationship evolves into an emotionally-charged, competitive union beset by lies, sexual awakening, and, ultimately, emotional breakthrough as they risk everything to win the school’s ultimate prize: a contract to join the Opéra national de Paris.”
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Birds of Paradise is a co-production between Amazon Studios and Anonymous Content. This marks Smith’s second collaboration with Froseth after she directed the first episode of Hulu’s Looking for Alaska series.
