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‘Olga’ Review: This Tiny Swiss Sports Drama Illuminates What Ukrainians Are Going Through
25.06.2022 - 22:29 / variety.com
Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticAn intense portrait of personal obsession — à la “Black Swan” — set at the time of 2013’s Maidan Uprising, “Olga” anticipates so much of the current situation in Ukraine. Elie Grappe’s prescient debut begins and ends in a country whose people united against corruption, successfully ousting Russian-friendly president Viktor Yanukovych, though the story takes place mostly in Switzerland (last year, the politically charged drama was that country’s submission to the Oscar international feature category).
Even before Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion, “Olga” was an incredibly strong film, but now, the Kino Lorber release should be considered essential viewing for art-house audiences. If all the bad news from that corner of the world bums you out, give the movie 10 minutes to prove itself.
Without spoiling the shock, suffice to say that Olympics-bound gymnast Olga (played by Anastasia Budiashkina, a member of Ukraine’s national reserve team whom the authenticity-driven director convinced to act) is single-mindedly focused on her sport, practicing the difficult Jaeger move with her coach. But in the ride home with her similarly monomaniacal mother — a high-profile investigative journalist for a newspaper critical of Yanukovych’s administration — we learn in the most dramatic possible way just how extreme the problem in Ukraine is.
What happens next forces Olga to flee the country.Since her late father was from Switzerland, Olga has the unique chance to go there and continue training till things cool down. Except, history being what it is, things in Ukraine situation are about to heat up as never before, creating an incredibly difficult situation for Olga to navigate: a mix of patriotism,
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