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Olimpia (2018)

Olimpia poster
Directed by
José Manuel Cravioto
Genre
animation, thriller, drama, history
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman in Mexico City becomes tangled in a web of manipulation and violence involving her wealthy family. She struggles to escape as secrets and threats close in around her.

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What happens

Olimpia (lit. 'Olympia') is a 2018 Mexican adult animated thriller film written and directed by José Manuel Cravioto. Starring Nicolasa Ortiz Monasterio, Luis Curiel, Daniel Mandoki, Diego Cataño, Lumi Cavazos, Tiaré Scanda, Rolf Petersen and Valentina Buzzurro. It is the first Mexican animated film to fully use the rotoscoping technique. It won the Best Animated Feature Film Award at the 62nd Ariel Awards. The film was named on the shortlist for Mexico's entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not selected. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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