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2021 film

Olga
Promotional release poster
Directed by	Elie Grappe
Written by	Elie Grappe Raphaëlle Desplechin
Produced by	Tom Dercourt Jean-Marc Fröhle
Starring	Anastasia Budiashkina
Cinematography	Lucie Baudinaud
Edited by	Suzana Pedro
Music by	Pierre Desprats
Production companies	Point Prod Cinémadefacto Beside Productions
Release date	9 July 2021 (2021-07-09) (Cannes)
Running time	85 minutes
Countries	Switzerland France Ukraine
Languages	French Ukrainian
Box office	$96,822

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

Plot

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

Cast

Anastasia Budiashkina as Olga
Sabrina Rubtsova

Reception

Critical response

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. Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Awards

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. The film also won the Best Feature Film, the Best Screenplay and the Best Sound at 2022 Swiss Film Awards.

References

"Olga (2022)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
"Pulsar Content Boards Elie Grappe's Coming-of-Age Drama 'Olga'". Variety. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
""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.
"Olga: A feature film by Elie Grappe". UniFrance. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
"Olga". Rotten Tomatoes.
"Olga". Metacritic.
Yossman, K.J. (14 July 2021). "Critics' Week Winners Revealed at Cannes 2021". Variety. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
"Ukrainian co-produced film wins best screenplay at Cannes Critics Week". Kyiv Post. 16 July 2021.
"Story of Ukrainian exile wins best Swiss feature film prize". Swissinfo.ch. 26 March 2022.

External links

Olga at IMDb

v t e Swiss submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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2021–present	Olga (2021) A Piece of Sky (2022) Thunder (2023) Reinas (2024)

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