Gay Culture

Director Ralph Fiennes captures the raw physicality and brilliance of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height
of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as
ballet's most famous star, a wild and beautiful dancer limited by the
world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with Western artists and ideas
led him into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB.