"Inside every ballerina's heart is the blood of a warrior... A ballerina isn't a dainty thing in a tutu. She turns pain into beauty. She builds skill out of sacrifice."
"Director Vicky Jewson explained that she's always dreamed of making action movies, but she's also wanted to see more of them told with a woman in front of the screen and through the female lens. This film's script, by former ballerina Kate Freund, drew her in because of its sisterhood."
Pretty Lethal is an action film premiering March 25, directed by Vicky Jewson and written by former ballerina Kate Freund. The movie stars Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, Millicent Simmonds, and Uma Thurman as a troupe of prima ballerinas who become trapped in a sketchy Gothic hotel in Hungary's forests and must fight to escape. The film reframes ballerinas as warriors, emphasizing how they transform pain into beauty and sacrifice into skill. Jewson sought to create an action film told through a female lens with women at the forefront. The story begins with the dancers in rehearsal, struggling with synchronization and internal conflicts before their journey to Budapest takes a dangerous turn.
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