Swans dancing in the darkness.

Rating: 9/10 (23 January 2011)

Nina Sayers(Natalie Portman)is chosen to dance the parts of both the White Swan and the Black Swan in Chaikovsky's famous ballet "Swan Lake".According to her trainer she is too sexually repressed to dance the Black Swan,but she wants to be perfect anyway.Her artistic ambition is too much for Nina to handle and results in dementia and self-mutilation."Black Swan" by Darren Aronofsky is a powerful drama that owes a lot to Roman Polanski's "Repulsion" and Dario Argento's "Suspira".The main performance of Natalie Portman is spectacular.The supporting cast is also spot on with memorable performances of Vincent Cassel,Mila Kunis and Winona Ryder.When Nina becomes more liberated in her sexuality she begins wearing black.The film features several tense and very dark scenes of mental illness and self-mutilation.Another fine piece of work by Darren Aronofsky.9 swans out of 10.