Nadia, Butterfly

14A | Canada | Pascal Plante | English, Français | 107 minutes

Ottawa Premiere the Week of October 9th!

Nadia, an Olympic swimmer in her twenties, faces the challenges of her imminent retirement.
French with English subtitles.

From the Slamdance Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize nominated, and Vancouver Film Critics Circle: Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film award winning writer / director Pascal Plante!

Advance tickets for Nadia, Butterfly are now available via events.com!

Quebec City International Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize nominee!

4.5 / 5 Stars! “a filmmaking stroke of genius” (National Post)

“The film features a breakthrough performance from former Olympic swimmer Katerine Savard in the title role.” (That Shelf)

“this scrupulously honest and layered insider’s view of the end of an Olympic career achieves what many sports movies fail to do. It unpicks the complex motivations behind success and explores the character flaws which are every bit as necessary as the strengths when it comes to athletic excellence…Such an intriguing addition to the sports movie canon” (Screen Daily)

While young and in her prime, Nadia decides to retire from pro swimming after the Olympic Games; to escape a rigid life of sacrifice. After her very last race, Nadia drifts into nights of excess punctuated by episodes of self-doubt. But even this transitional numbness cannot conceal her true inner quest: defining her identity outside the world of elite sports.
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