Portman gives life to a psychotic in Black Swan

• April 19, 2024

Natalie Portman plays "Nina" in the film Black Swan (Black Swan ), a perfectionist and obsessive ballet dancer, whose mother is a woman frustrated for not having continued her career as a dancer, for having raised her.

This situation causes that "Nina", has a double personality. On the one hand, it is weak, but the stress to which it is subjected generates that it becomes aggressive, hallucinations and presents various self-destructive reactions.

In an interview with Metro , the family psychologist María de los Ángeles Dávila , states that although it is difficult to diagnose the disease of the protagonist of Black Swan, it is known that it develops a psychotic picture , since he has hallucinations; for periods, "Nina" loses the ability to distinguish the real from fantasy:

"In the film, it is an extraordinary way to feel anguish and vulnerability of the protagonist, showing psychological processes quite clearly, such as the self-injury . The level of disturbance that the film is presented is rare in the population; implies a process towards psychosis ”.

According to the psychologist María de los Ángeles Dávila , the outcome of "Nina" (Natalie Portman ) is tragic, but it clarifies that when periods of psychosis they are detected in time, they can be reversed and improve the quality of life of the patients: "The best treatment with characteristics similar to those of 'Nina', requires a multidisciplinary work that involves psychiatrists, individual therapists and family members".

The expert in mental health, states that the reaction to life depends on the social and emotional context of each individual. In this case, in Black Swan, the protagonist reaches the extremes, because she lives with a mother who blames everything and feels anguished for the demands of his own career. By not having the necessary tools to channel their frustrations , anxieties Y stress , comes to severe periods of crisis that reduce your life.

Thanks to its brilliant interpretation in Black Swan, Natalie Portman , she won the Oscar as best actress and declared that she is happy not only for all the acting recognitions that this film has left her, produced by Darren Aronofsky , but because she will soon be a mother and for many, she has been the most beautiful actress who has been pregnant on the red carpet.

The actress also won the title of best performer at the independent film awards Spirit, which was delivered this February 26 in Los Angeles. In addition, he won several awards in the Golden Globes and in the Screen Actors Guild (SAG)

Video Medicine: BLACK SWAN | Official Trailer | FOX Searchlight (April 2024).