Olga | |
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Directed by | Elie Grappe |
Starring | Anastasia Budiashkina |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Switzerland |
Languages | French 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]
While in exile in Switzerland, a 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast prepares for the European Gymnastics Championships when Euromaidan protests begin in Kyiv.[4]
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]
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]