OLGA (2021)
Special Features: 2022 Oscar® Selection, Switzerland
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Ukraine, autumn 2013. Olga, a 15-year-old world-class gymnast, has some hard training ahead of her in her father's home country of Switzerland. She hopes to bring about a major shift in her career, taking her to the European Championships and on to the Olympics. The political situation in Kyiv intensifies, however, and Olga's mother, a journalist and activist, joins the thousands of people demonstrating in Independence Square, among them Sasha, Olga's politically driven friend and former Ukrainian teammate. This riveting feature debut by French director Elie Grappe enchanted audiences at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it won Best Screenplay in the Critics' Week section. (Note adapted from Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.) DIR/SCR Elie Grappe; SCR Raphaëlle Desplechin; PROD Tom Dercourt, Jean-Marc Fröhle. France/Switzerland/Ukraine, 2021, color, 87 min. In English, Ukrainian, French, German and Italian with English subtitles. NOT RATED
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 87 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, May 07, 2022
Genre: Sports, drama