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directed by Elie Grappe 2
2013. Olga is a 15-year-old passionate Ukrainian gymnast. Exiled in Switzerland, she does her best to fit into the national team. But the Euromaidan revolt erupts in Kiev, suddenly involving everyone she cares about. As the young girl prepares for the European Championship, the revolution enters her life and shakes everything up on its way.
Fiction
WORLD SALES: Pulsar Content, Paris www.pulsarcontent.com WORLD PREMIERE: Cannes 2021
SWITZERLAND / FRANCE Fiction, 85 min., 2021 ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: French SCREENPLAY: Elie Grappe, Raphaëlle Desplechin CAST: Anastasia Budiashkina, Caterina Barloggio, Jérôme Martin PRODUCTION: Point Prod, Geneva / RTS / Cinéma Defacto, Paris SWISS PRODUCER: Jean-Marc Fröhle
ELIE GRAPPE * 1994 in France. Elie Grappe completed musical training at the National Conservatory in Lyon. After attending the preparatory course at École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL) he proceded to study Film, receiving his Bachelor in Film from ECAL in 2015. His short film REHEARSAL (2014), was selected for IDFA, Clermont-Ferrand and Krakow film festivals. His first featurelength fiction film OLGA (2021) was selected for the 60th Semaine de la Critique in Cannes.