The film tells the story of Felicity, a little girl who grew up in an orphanage, who wants to become a real ballet dancer. In order to realize her dream, she and her friend Victor escape from the orphanage and bravely venture into Paris.
Felicity, who was in an orphanage, dreamed of becoming a real ballet dancer, so she escaped from the orphanage with Victor, who wanted to be an inventor, and came to Paris to pursue her dream. But halfway through, Felicity and Victor got separated.
Alone, Felicity unknowingly came to the Paris Opera House, but was almost arrested by the administrators as a suspicious person. Fortunately, a lame cleaner, Odette, took her in and made her work at Madame Regina's house to make a living. .
The family's young lady, Camille, is very proud. Through her mother's relationship, she was able to enter the Paris Opera to study and is waiting for a notice of employment. She laughed at Felicity's dancing dreams, and smashed Felicity's mother's relic, a ballet music box, downstairs.
Just when Felicity was angry and disappointed, Camille's acceptance letter arrived. Felicity had a thought and decided to pretend to be Camille to study at the opera house.
She entered the opera house as a "Camille" and received a warm reception from the dean, but the strict tutor Melart did not think so. Felicity, who has no foundation, is considered to enter the theater because of a relationship, and the upright Maillart always tries to make things difficult for her, hoping that she will withdraw voluntarily.
Odette saw the possibility in Felicity, she began to teach Felicity, and hung a bell on the tree, and there was a small puddle under the bell. Odette asked Felicity to keep jumping to touch the bell until it fell without splashing.
Felicity made rapid progress and also attracted Rudolf, the dance prince of Russia. When she saw Victor again, Victor had already taken the first step on the road of his own inventor, but Felicity, who had seen the world of Paris, had a estrangement with Victor.
Felicity sneaked out to dance with Victor in a pub once, and her enthusiasm for dancing touched everyone in the scene, including her teacher, Melart. She finally got the approval of Maillart.
Just when everything seemed to be going well, Madame Regina brought her daughter Camille to the opera house and exposed Felicity's lies. Maillart decides to give Felicity another chance by putting her in a dance competition with Camille.
However, on the eve of the game, Felicity did not follow Odette's advice for the final practice due to Prince Rudolph's invitation. She not only failed Odette, but also broke up with Victor, but found that Rudolph was not such a perfect person. Frustrated, Felicity spent the night in the dome of the opera house, exhausted physically and mentally, she did not dance in the best condition and lost the competition. She was sent back to the orphanage.
After returning to the orphanage, she fell into a slump, but she did not give up. She remembered why she loved dancing so much, and her mother once danced while hugging the young Felicity. The love of dance is part of her life.
She decides to sneak away from the orphanage again, this time, seeing Felicity's hard work, the well-meaning administrator personally sends her to Paris, hoping that she can realize her dream.
Felicity starts over as a cleaner at the Opera House and starts all over again.
Camille, who was studying at the opera house, also often bullied her. Felicity, who refused to admit defeat, danced with Camille. This time, Felicity made a difficult jump, which Camille did not do. arrive. Maillart asked Camille what she danced for, Camille admitted that she was responding to her mother Regina's expectations, and Felicity replied: "Because dancing is part of my life."
Camille understood the gap between her and Felicity's love for dance, and decided to give Felicity the chance to take the stage. But her mother, Madame Regina, went mad and tried to stop Felicity from taking the stage. In the critical moment, Victor's new invention, the glider, played a key role, and it brought Felicity to the scene in time.
The show went well, however, this was only the first step of Felicity's dream, her dream as a dancer, which really started...
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