French writer-director Elie Grappe’s debut feature, “Olga,” co-written with Raphaëlle Desplechin, uses a unique lens to examine the 2014 Euromaidan Revolution, the protests that rocked Kyiv and sent President Victor Yanukovych into exile.
The “Revolution of Dignity” was a powerful statement of nationality by the Ukrainian people, and while they ousted their corrupt Putin-crony president, the protests also sparked the invasion of Crimea and the Donbas by Russia, and continue to linger politically as the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine this year has shocked the globe.
With almost surgical precision, Grappe’s film poses the question, “Are sports political?” through the point of view of a Ukrainian teenage gymnast who must flee to Switzerland in order to continue her training.
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The “Revolution of Dignity” was a powerful statement of nationality by the Ukrainian people, and while they ousted their corrupt Putin-crony president, the protests also sparked the invasion of Crimea and the Donbas by Russia, and continue to linger politically as the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine this year has shocked the globe.
With almost surgical precision, Grappe’s film poses the question, “Are sports political?” through the point of view of a Ukrainian teenage gymnast who must flee to Switzerland in order to continue her training.
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- 7/7/2022
- by Katie Walsh
- The Wrap
Olga Trailer — Elie Grappe‘s Olga (2021) movie trailer has been released by Kino Lorber. The Olga trailer stars Anastasiia Budiashkina, Sabrina Rubtsova, and Caterina Barloggio. Crew Raphaëlle Desplechin and Elie Grappe wrote the screenplay for Olga. Pierre Desprats created the music for the film. Lucie Baudinaud crafted the cinematography for the film. Olga Poster Olga Movie Poster Plot [...]
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- 5/30/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
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