Jon Avnet, Brad Fischer, Scott Franklin, Jerry Fruchtman, Peter Fruchtman, Ari Handel, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver, Jennifer Roth, Rick Schwartz, Tyler Thompson, David Thwaites
Screenplay:
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John J. McLaughlin
Cameraman:
Matthew Libatique
Composer:
Clint Mansell
Cast:
Natalie Portman (as Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen), Mila Kunis (as Lily / The Black Swan), Vincent Cassel (as Thomas Leroy / The Gentleman), Barbara...
Nina is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica who exerts a suffocating control over her.
When artistic director Thomas Leroy decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice.
But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily, who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality.