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Ascension

Ascension

20153m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2015

Runtime

3m

Storyline

In Jacob Sutton’s film “Ascension”, two young dancers soar up from the darkness beneath the stage at Bastille to the sumptuous Grand Foyer and eventually to the rooftop of the Palais Garnier, where they experience moments of heavenly, dreamlike luminosity.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
3m
Sep 15, 2015
Digital Release
Sep 15, 2015
Languages
No Language
Director
Jacob Sutton
Production
Opéra National de Paris
Opéra National de Paris

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