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Perfect (2016)

Perfect poster
Directed by
Jérémie Battaglia
Genre
documentary film, sport film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 17m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary that follows Canada's synchronized swimming team as they train and compete for the 2016 Olympics. It shows the athletes' personal lives, physical challenges, and dedication to their sport.

behind-the-scenesintimateupbeatemotionalfocusedinspiringpersonalearnest

What happens

Perfect (French: Parfaites) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jérémie Battaglia and released in 2016. The film profiles Canada's synchronized swimming team as the prepare for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The film had selected theatrical screenings in July 2016 before being broadcast on television, both in French as an episode of the Ici Radio-Canada Télé documentary series 1001 vies and in English as an episode of the CBC Television documentary series Firsthand. The film received two Prix Iris nominations at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017, for Best Documentary Film and Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Battaglia). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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