NADIA COMANECI: THE GYMNAST AND THE DICTATOR

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SYNOPSIS Spoken in Nadia’s own words, the film covers her remarkable life from childhood through her historic Perfect Tens at the Montreal 1976 Olympics. The story reveals her despair in 1980’s Romania, as the country falls into an abyss of debt and poverty, and follows Nadia through her dramatic defection to the US in 1989, just before the fall of Romanian dictators Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu.

56 minutes, color. Produced by Roche Productions, ARTE and TVR Romania. Commissioned by Arte-France, 2016

International Broadcasts
ARTE, Radio Television Suisse, RTBF & VRT Belgian TV, DR Denmark, SBS Australia, YLE Finland, RTP2 Portugal, RTVE Spain, Ceska Televize, S.H. Channel 8 Israel and RUV Iceland.

Prizes
Audience Award, Best Documentary and Best Editing, History Film Festival, Croatia 2018; Candido Cannavò Prize, FICTS Sports Film Festival, Milan; Special Jury Prize Barcelona Sports Film Festival 2017

Festivals
Denver International, Hamptons Take 2, San Luis Obispo, LA Femme Film Festival, Festival International de Films d’Histoire de Pessac