Olympic
Bao Ren
dir. Xin Zhu
China, 2022 - 33
If science could accurately predict human performance, would the charm of sports still persist? Our protagonist, orphan athlete Marat, is a determined believer in the Olympic spirit, but when his icon is testified as genetically modified, his faith is shattered even though he becomes a new hero who evokes people’s craze for athletic sports. In such a sci-fi setting, “Olympic” is a sports thriller that contemplates the complicated relationship between the potential of humanity and technological progress. Running is a gesture with ambiguity — to pursue, or to flee?
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