Ballet Shoes (2007)
PG | 1h 25min | Drama, Family | TV Movie
Pauline (Emma Watson), Petrova (Yasmin Paige), and Posy
Fossil (Lucy Boynton) live with Sylvia Brown (Emilia Fox), their guardian.
Money is tight so they take in three boarders - a garage owner, a retired
English professor, and a dance teacher. The dance teacher gets the girls
accepted at her school and the three go on stage to help raise money. Each
discovers has her own dreams - Pauline as an actress, Petrova to be a pilot,
and Posy to be a ballerina.
Based on the book of the same name it’s about three adopted
girls just after the First World War. I
love this story and how girls love for each other. I vow. I liked the following quotes:
“There is no doubt a new dress
is a help under all circumstances.”
“During the last six months the
little girl Harriet, without her noticing it, had disappeared and a new Harriet
had taken her place. A Harriet who looked much the same outside but was more of
a person inside.”
“It was all very well to be
ambitious, but ambition should not kill the nice qualities in you.”
“Dignity is trained into royal
children before they can toddle, graciousness, consideration for others, an
unshakable belief in the greatness of their position.”
The last quote seems to describe
a Christian who understand they are -- a
child of the king of kings and lord of lords.
Never lording it over others, but a form of meekness and strength under
control of goodness. Jesus was creator
of all things, yet he allowed himself to suffer as we suffer and grow up in
utter obscurity in Nazareth. Those who
lived back then would say “can anything good come from Nazareth?”
If you let yourself, I think almost
anyone can relate to someone in the film.
Young or old. I hope you relish
it as much as I.
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