Pina (2011)
89%RT Audience Score: 81%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 1 Oscar
10 wins & 27 nominations total
Pina is an immersive, gorgeously shot tribute to the people who express life through movement.
Pina is like a dance party on steroids! This 3-D film captures the beauty and grace of Pina Bausch’s modern dance programs in a way that makes you feel like you’re right there with the dancers. It’s a celebration of life, love, and inspiration that will leave you feeling uplifted and inspired. Even if you’re not a dance fan, you’ll appreciate the hypnotic visuals and the sheer physical wonder of it all. So grab some popcorn, sit back, and get ready to be transported to a world of pure movement and joy!
Production Company(ies)
Tri Star Pictures, Freddie Fields Productions,
Distributor
IFC Films
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for some sensuality/partial nudity and smoking
Year of Release
2011
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 44m
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Language(s):German, French, English, Spanish, Croatian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Korean
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Country of origin:United Kingdom
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jan 20, 2012 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 10, 2012
Genre(s)
Documentary
Keyword(s)
Pina, Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel, documentary, German, PG, some sensuality, partial nudity, smoking, dancers, choreographer, Pina Bausch, Malou Airaudo, Regina Advento, Ruth Amarante, Jorge Puerta, Rainer Behr, Andrey Berezin, Dolby Digital, IFC Films, box office, $3.5M, reviewed by Sara Michelle Fetters, Jordan Levin, Caroline Palmer, Kimberley Jones, Calvin Wilson, Moira MacDonald, Joanne Laurier, Gian-Piero Ringel, Wim Wenders, starring Malou Airaudo, Regina Advento, Ruth Amarante, Jorge Puerta, Rainer Behr, Andrey Berezin, directed by Wim Wenders, written by Wim Wenders, producer Wim Wenders, MPAA rating PG, documentary, tribute, dance, movement, 3D, tribute, life, love, inspiration, humanity, physical, emotional, surreal, avant-garde, modern dance, meditation, locations, props, theatrical, dramatic, stunning, absurd, carnal, gladiatorial, Cirque du Soleil, balance, whimsy, artistry, choreography, performers, humanity, creative process, vision, struggle, obstacles, visual style, New York City Subway
Worldwide gross: $18,705,853
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $24,626,216
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,631
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 2,685,520
US/Canada gross: $3,524,826
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $4,640,426
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,829
US/Canada opening weekend: $68,012
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $89,538
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,979
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): 3238460
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $4,263,426
Production budget ranking: 1,935
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $2,295,855
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $18,066,935
ROI to date (est.): 275%
ROI ranking: 492
Regina Advento – self
Ruth Amarante – self
Jorge Puerta – self
Rainer Behr – self
Andrey Berezin – self
Director(s)
Wim Wenders
Writer(s)
Wim Wenders
Producer(s)
Gian-Piero Ringel, Wim Wenders
Film Festivals
Berlin, Venice
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
10 wins & 27 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (106) | Top Critics (46) | Fresh (101) | Rotten (5)
Pina is a celebration of what it is to inspire greatness, a passionate dance of life, love and inspiration that transcends its central figure to become something as timeless, and as hopeful, as the innovative and remarkable woman who inspired it.
March 17, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
Watching Pina is like being inside one of Bausch’s surreal pieces.
February 16, 2012 | Rating: 4/4
Jordan Levin
Miami Herald
TOP CRITIC
A remarkable — and likely enduring — tribute to an artist committed to creating dance theater drawn from humanity’s deepest physical and emotional reserves.
February 15, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/4
Caroline Palmer
Minneapolis Star Tribune
TOP CRITIC
[An] utterly transfixing, exhilarating spectacle of bodies in motion.
February 10, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
Kimberley Jones
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
“Pina” isn’t just for dance fans or those curious about the latest in 3-D. It’s a celebration of life.
February 10, 2012 | Rating: 4/4
Calvin Wilson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
TOP CRITIC
A unique and often sublime artistic experience, “Pina” is a 3-D dance film that immerses us in the movement, letting us feel that we could reach out and touch these dancers as they float past us.
February 9, 2012 | Rating: 4/4
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
TOP CRITIC
Its haunting quality is a reminder that Bausch and her generation in Germany lived in the shadow of fascism.
March 1, 2021
Joanne Laurier
World Socialist Web Site
The film is an immensely rewatchable work of physical wonders, lensed with perfectly matched visual flair.
November 16, 2020
Jordan M. Smith
IONCINEMA.com
Dance fans will appreciate Wim Wenders’ hypnotic 3-D capture of choreographer Pina Busch’s pioneering modern programs.
June 18, 2020
David Lamble
Bay Area Reporter
[Pina] capture, in original and striking ways, the beauty and mystery of [Pina] Bausch’s work by bringing us right inside of it.
March 14, 2019
Ren Jender
Bitch Flicks
Pina aims to confound expectations — and it does.
January 4, 2019 | Rating: 3/4
Kelly Jane Torrance
Washington Examiner
The various ages of the dancers resonates with the changing seasons of the dance, and this becomes the foundation for a survey of a life’s work.
August 30, 2018
Pat Padua
Spectrum Culture…
Plot
In modern dance since the 1970s, few choreographers have had more influence in the medium than the late Pina Bausch. This film explores the life and work of this artist of movement while we see her company perform her most notable creations where basic things like water, dirt and even gravity take on otherworldly qualities in their dancing.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Pina features a cast of talented dancers, including Malou Airaudo, Regina Advento, Ruth Amarante, Jorge Puerta, Rainer Behr, and Andrey Berezin.
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