Over the years, cinema has turned to classic fairy tales for adaptations, creating a genre of its own. With the recent releases of Cruella on Disney+Hotstar, and Cinderella on Amazon Prime Video, the reimagining of childhood classics is the mood of the season. Here’s a list of movies that have given twists and turns to our beloved fairy tales that could be modern, funny, and sometimes dark.
Based on the Swan Lake Ballet, where the princess is turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer’s curse, the film is a modern retelling of the story where a ballet dancer (Natalie Portman) battles with a mental breakdown, due to devastatingly demanding training, competition, and a sinister instructor. This 2021 psychological drama touches on many disorders that the protagonist suffers from—eating disorders, compulsive behaviour, self-harm. That they are putting up a Swan Lake ballet within the film is disturbingly beautiful.
The 2012 Rupert Sanders directorial is based on the German fairy tale…