Nadia, Butterfly

Sep 18, 2020

1h 47m

★ 5.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Némésis Films

Nadia, Butterfly Trailers

Cast

Nadia

Katerine Savard

Marie-Pierre

Ariane Mainville

Sébastien

Pierre-Yves Cardinal

Marie-José Turcotte

Greg Dale

John Ralston

Manager

Kaoru Matsui

Lebanese Fencer

Eli Jean Tahchi

Journaliste canadien #2

Albert Kwan

Journaliste canadien #3

Leslie Baker

Journaliste canadien #4

Simon Daniel Boisvert

Régisseur de plateau TV

Daniel Malenfant

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