"Felicity the Great": Romantic "French Ballet Dream"

Ali 2022-04-09 09:01:07

foreword

As an animated film produced in France and Canada, "The Great Felicity" truly restores the scenery of Paris, France in 1879. The streets, theaters, Eiffel Tower, etc. of this romantic city are all presented in the film, and the exquisite pictures will surely make the audience linger. For the audience, this whole film may be a brand-new visual experience of French animation, which is filled with the rich customs and customs of 19th-century France.


As the saying goes, one minute on stage, ten years off stage. But the protagonist Felicity, a child from an orphanage, with her passion and love for dancing, allowed her to perform "The Nutcracker" on stage after just ten days of training from zero ballet foundation. What keeps her going as always?

Originally, Felicity was just the ordinary but the most naughty one in the orphanage, but she met the disabled ballet dancer Odette in Paris, and since then she has embarked on the road to realize her ballet dream. In this process, Felicity was tired, was trained by her teacher Mela, and was satirized by her opponent Camille.... But Felicity still has a passion for dancing, persevering, and finally at the Paris Opera House Performed the play "The Nutcracker".


"Why are you dancing?"

"Because it's always been a part of my life...it keeps me alive and finding myself."

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  • Regine: [to Odette, as she and Felicie are cleaning the stairs] Get up.

    Odette: [meekly] Yes, ma'am.

    [gets up, but keeps her head down]

    Regine: [referring to Felicie] Who is this?

    Odette: No one. She helps.

    Regine: YOU feed her. Out of YOUR wages.

    Odette: Yes, ma'am.

    Regine: I want you to air and press the linen.

    [whispers]

    Regine: NOW.

    [Odette leaves. Regine looks down at Felicie coldly. A visibly frightened Felicie resumes cleaning the stairs]

    Regine: It's not clean.

    [purposely pushes the bucket of scrubbing water with her foot; the water spills down the steps, much to Felicie's shock]

    Regine: Oops! Oh, look what you did.

    [smiles wickedly and leaves]

  • Felicie: [on her first day of dance class, shyly greeting the other girls] Hi. Hello.

    [to herself; when none of the girls respond]

    Felicie: Okay. Super.

    [louder]

    Felicie: I'm Felicie.

    Nora: [confused] Felicie?

    Felicie: [realizes her mistake] Uh, no, no, no, no, no. Sorry. I'm... friendly, ever so friendly. And my name is Camille.

    Nora: Okay. I'm Nora, but everyone calls me... Nora. That's... the name that goes with MY face.

    [laughs]

    Nora: Hey, you should warm up.

    Felicie: [to herself, confused] Warm up?

    [shrugs and tries to literally 'warm up' by rubbing her hands on her arms]

    Dora: [amused] Oh my. That is crazy. I'm guessing you're new, my darling?

    Felicie: [awkwardly] You can tell that because...?

    [Before Dora can answer, Mérante enters the room. The girls quickly gather to one side of the room]

    Felicie: Who is that?

    Dora: [rolls her eyes] You are joking, right? It's Louis Mérante, ballet master, world-famous choreographer, the man who performed the most fouettes ever in a single solo.

    Felicie: Foo-what?

    Dora: Turns. Really difficult turns.

    Nora: 187 in total. And right after, he vomited!

    Mérante: Silence, mademoiselle! First position, second...

    [All of the girls except Felicie go through the basic ballet positions]

    Felicie: [lost] What?

    Mérante: Third, fourth, and rest in fifth.

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