An Urban Allegory
7.0
A ballet dancer is late for an audition for a show inspired by Plato's Allegory of the Cave. She arrives with her seven-year-old son, Jay, and begs the director to give her a chance.
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Cast
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Naïm El Kaldaoui
Jay
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Lyna Khoudri
Jay's Mother
Known for
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Papicha
Leos Carax
The Director
Known for
Holy Motors
Mister Lonely
Félix Martinez
Assistant Director
Known for
The Shiny Shrimps
Jade Barkati Martial
Ballerina
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Lucie Fenwick
Ballerina
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Amélie de Figueiredo
Ballerina
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Alexia Giordano
Ballerina
Known for
Let's Dance
Curiosa
Tramayne Johnson-Pauillac
Ballerina
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Maharu Kumakawa
Ballerina
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Sakiko Oishi
Ballerina
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Emilie Pria
Ballerina
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JR Director · Alice Rohrwacher Director Plato Author
United States release December 20, 2024 · Produced in France · Production Social Animals, ARTE France Cinéma
Production
Ad Vitam Production
Production
Social Animals
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Allégorie Citadine
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Italy · September 1, 2024
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · December 20, 2024
Digital · Mubi
Australia
August 13, 2025 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Austria
January 10, 2025 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 24, 2024 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
December 20, 2024 · Digital · Mubi
Canada
December 20, 2024 · Digital · Mubi
Colombia
December 5, 2024 · Bogota Short Film Festival
Egypt
October 31, 2024 · El Gouna Film Festival
France
December 12, 2024 · Digital · Arte.tv
December 31, 2024 · TV · ARTE
Germany
October 19, 2024 · Premiere · Cologne Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
April 14, 2025 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
India
October 20, 2024 · Premiere · Mumbai Film Festival
Ireland
December 20, 2024 · Digital · Mubi
Italy
September 11, 2024 · Premiere · Villa Medici Film Festival
September 13, 2024 · Premiere · Bar Luna Exhibition, Galleria Modernissimo, Bologna
October 27, 2024 · Premiere · Rome Film Fest
December 20, 2024 · Digital · Mubi
Netherlands
August 7, 2025 · Theatrical · Previously Unreleased, samen met C'est pas moi (2024) van Leos Carax
Portugal
November 30, 2024 · Porto/Post/Doc Film & Media Festival
South Korea
December 18, 2024 · Theatrical
Spain
December 7, 2024 · Aguilar Film Festival
Taiwan
November 9, 2024 · Premiere · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Türkiye
December 20, 2024 · Digital · Mubi
United Kingdom
December 20, 2024 · Digital · Mubi
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