Balestra (2024)
Joanna is a competitive fencer at the end of her career who is desperate to be the world’s best. In order to gain an edge, she pursues an experimental technology, allowing her to train via lucid dreaming, where she begins a tumultuous affair with her instructor that threatens her real world marriage and her pathway to Olympic gold.
Director:
Nicole Dorsey
Writer:
Imran Zaidi
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Cush Jumbo as Joanna Bathory |
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Manny Jacinto as Elliot |
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James Badge Dale as Raph |
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Christin Park as Audie Zimmer |
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Luke Bilyk as Wade |
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Heather Doerksen as Dr. Helena Sutro |
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Stephen Lobo as Owen |
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Claude Knowlton as Leo |
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Lori Triolo as Detective Fiorino |
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Jason William Day as Police officer #1 |
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Johnson Phan as Detective Tran |
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Annette Reilly as Paris referee #3 |
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Sharon Crandall as Dr. Lambright |
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Michele Goyns as Misha Crane |
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Sofia Skates as Fencing girl |
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Paul Almeida as Denver NAC official |
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Jeff Gladstone as Paris referee #1 |
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Natalie Farrow as Ivy |
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Michael A. Cheng as World Fencing Referee |
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Hannah Duke as Neera |
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Holly Clarke as Zana Hadzic |
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Marie Marolle as Paris Referee #2 |
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Matteo Friend as Fencing student |
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Lori O'Connell as Denver referee |
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Uri Burstyn as Cincinnati referee |
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Holly Hawkins as Zana Hadzik |
| Production | Nicole Dorsey | Executive Producer |
| Production | Imran Zaidi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Chris Ferguson | Producer |
| Production | Jesse Savath | Executive Producer |
| Production | Cush Jumbo | Executive Producer |
| Production | Paul-E Audet | Producer |
| Production | Brian Kavanaugh-Jones | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brooke Wilcox | Costume Designer |
| Production | Caitlin Byrnes | Production Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sekyiwa Wi-Afedzi | Costume Designer |
| Art | Tania Rahimikhoshavaz | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Simon Bertrand | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Véronique Barbe | Editor |
| Art | Brodie Kitchen | Art Designer |
| Directing | Nicole Dorsey | Director |
| Writing | Imran Zaidi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Aron Eli Coleite | Story |
| Production | Pierre Even | Producer |
| Production | Aron Eli Coleite | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jean-François Campeau | Production Designer |
| Camera | Christophe Collette | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Geneviève Roberge | Assistant Editor |
