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The Turning Point

  • 1977
  • TMDB 6.6/10
  • 1h 59m

As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star, the two women are forced to confront the choices they've made, the resentments they've hidden and the emotional truths they must face at the turning point.

Overview

As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star, the two women are forced to confront the choices they've made, the resentments they've hidden and the emotional truths they must face at the turning point.

Cast

  • Anne BancroftEmma
  • Shirley MacLaineDeedee
  • Tom SkerrittWayne
  • Mikhail BaryshnikovYuri
  • Leslie BrowneEmilia
  • Martha ScottAdelaide
  • Antoinette SibleySevilla
  • Starr DaniasCarolyn

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