52 PROCENT

52 Percent

Polonia. 2007. Color. 20 min. Documental. .
  • Film Director: Rafal Skalski.
  • Producer: Krzysztof Kopczynski.
Alla wants to become a ballet dancer very much. It is her another attempt to be admitted to the famous Russian Waganowa Ballet Academy in Sankt Petersburg. Entrance exams are extremely difficult for her. Alla needs to practice additionally to lengthen her legs since her proportions are not correct. 52% is an ideal ratio of legs to height. The film was made during the second edition of the project New Gaze (Russia – Poland).


Rafal Skalski
He was born in 1985 in Warsaw. A student of the Film Directing Department at the National Film Television and Theatre School in Łódź (Master Degree). An author of film studies: Little wisdoms (2005), award-winning 52 percent (2007) and the newest So that there’s nothing.