Olga

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Original title: Olga
Year: 2021
Running time: 86 min.
Country: Switzerland
Director: Elie Grappe
Screenwriter: Raphaëlle Valbrune-Desplechin, Elie Grappe
Music: Pierre Desprats
Cinematography: Lucie Baudinaud
Cast: Anastasiia Budiashkina, Sabrina Rubtsova, Caterina Barloggio, Théa Brogli, Jérôme Martin, Tanya Mikhina, Alicia Onomor, Lou Steffen, Aleksandr Mavrits, Stéphanie Chuat, Bernd Würch
Producer: Co-production Switzerland-France;
Point Prod, Cinéma Defacto. Distributor: Pulsar Content
Genre: Drama | Social Drama. Sports. Gymnastics
Synopsis: A 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland, who is working to secure a place at the country's National Sports Center. When the Euromaiden revolt breaks out in the country, anxieties rise as his family gets involved.

Critics' reviews

"This tiny swiss sports drama illuminates what ukrainians are going through (...) An intense portrait of personal obsession"

Peter Debruge: Variety
"A compelling psychological portrait of a dedicated young athlete on the cusp of great success (...) Lucie Baudinaud’s camerawork is smartly effective"

Fionnuala Halligan: Screendaily
"'Olga' captures, with an excellent sense of atmosphere, the paradoxes of adolescents perfecting a total control over their emotions even as they are boiling inside them"

Fabien Lemercier: Cineuropa
"This is a film whose ideas and emotions have come into a fierce new focus (...) In its unexpected way, this film speaks to the new agony of banishment now being felt by millions of Ukrainians (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian

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