In the 1980s, Anna, a Czech sprinter, starts training for the Olympics. After she collapses during training, she learns she is being given steroids and decides to stop using them until her mother helps the coaches give them to her.
This somber docudrama is nuanced in its handling of period and the central female characters, but its vilification of communist authority figures is so obvious that it occasionally comes off as condescending.
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Michael J. Casey
RTMichael J. CinemaOct 11, 2021
A fun peek behind the making of an athlete, even if it does come off as run-of-the-mill.