TELESCOPE Find International Film

Advanced Options

 

Olga

✭ ✭ ✭ ✭   Read critic reviews

France, Switzerland, Ukraine
·
2021

1h 30m

Director Elie Grappe
Starring Thea Brogli, Nastya Budiashkina, Sabrina Rubtsova, Caterina Barloggio
Genre Drama
Play Trailer
Play Trailer
 
Add to watchlist
Add to my Watchlist

15-year-old Olga, a talented Ukrainian gymnast, lives in exile in Switzerland. While she tries to adjust to life in a new country, the 2013 Euromaidan protests break out in Ukraine. As Olga attempts to enter the European Gymnastics Championship, the sweeping changes in her home country begin to shape her life.

X

Stream Olga

WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING?

Be the first to comment about this film.

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

80

CineVue by Christopher Machell

Olga’s final sequences suggest a hope for the future, but there is an underlying irony to the superficially-peaceful imagery, rendered horribly prophetic in the current moment.
60

The Irish Times by Donald Clarke

Here is an interesting, beautifully acted if somewhat underpowered drama about the connections between the public and the personal in the life of a Ukrainian gymnast during the Maidan disturbances of 2014.
90

Screen Daily by Fionnuala Halligan

Budiashkina is a terrific presence, and film is in thrall to her powers. Anyone wondering about the mental crises afflicting young gymnasts – or the potential for abuse in this world - will find Olga a true revelation.
80

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

In its unexpected way, this film speaks to the new agony of banishment now being felt by millions of Ukrainians, and to the profound unease and concern and impotence spreading westward across Europe.

USERS WHO LIKED THIS FILM ALSO LIKED

English movie from 2019: The Favourite

The Favourite

Yorgos Lanthimos
2019 Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

The Favourite

  • ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
  • Ireland, United Kingdom, United States • 2019
  • Director Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Cast Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss
  • Genre Drama, History, Comedy
  • Available on Apple iTunes, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand, Vudu, YouTube, FlixFling

Two cousins compete viciously for the favor of their Queen.

Play Trailer
Trailer
 
Add to watchlist
X
French movie from 2017: Faces Places

Faces Places

Agnès Varda
2017 France

Faces Places
(Visages, villages)

  • ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
  • France • 2017
  • Director Agnès Varda, JR
  • Cast Agnès Varda, JR
  • Genre Documentary
  • Available on Apple iTunes, DIRECTV, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Kino Now, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Kanopy, Tubi TV, YouTube, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, MUBI

Director Agnès Varda and street artist JR journey through rural France, forming an unlikely friendship through spectacular collaborative artwork.

Play Trailer
Trailer
 
Add to watchlist
X