Olga (2021 film)

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Olga
Directed byElie Grappe
StarringAnastasia Budiashkina
Release date
  • 9 July 2021 (2021-07-09) (Cannes)
Running time
85 minutes
CountrySwitzerland
LanguagesFrench
Ukrainian
Box office$96,822[1]

Olga is a 2021 Swiss sports drama film directed by Elie Grappe.[2] It was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[3]

Plot[edit]

While in exile in Switzerland, a 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast prepares for the European Gymnastics Championships when Euromaidan protests begin in Kyiv.[4]

Cast[edit]

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

Olga has an approval rating of 92% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 37 reviews, and an average rating of 7.6/10. [5] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

Awards[edit]

At the 74th Cannes Film Festival, Olga won the Critics' Week SACD Award, which went to the film's screenwriters, Elie Grappe and Raphaëlle Desplechin.[7][8] The film also won the Best Feature Film, the Best Screenplay and the Best Sound at 2022 Swiss Film Awards.[9]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Olga (2022)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Pulsar Content Boards Elie Grappe's Coming-of-Age Drama 'Olga'". Variety. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. ^ ""Olga" represents Switzerland in the competition for an Oscar". Archytele. 6 September 2021. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Olga: A feature film by Elie Grappe". UniFrance. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Olga | Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.
  6. ^ "Olga". Metacritic.
  7. ^ Yossman, K.J. (14 July 2021). "Critics' Week Winners Revealed at Cannes 2021". Variety. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Ukrainian co-produced film wins best screenplay at Cannes Critics Week". Kyiv Post. 16 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Story of Ukrainian exile wins best Swiss feature film prize". Swissinfo.ch. 26 March 2022.

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