Olympia (1998 film)

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Olympia
Directed by	Bob Byington
Produced by	Adrienne Gruben
Written by	Howard Rodman
Starring	Jason Andrews Carmen Nogales
Music by	Lisa Hunsacker
Cinematography	Paul Kloss
Editing by	Garret Savage
Release date(s)	1998
Running time	76 min.
Language	English
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Olympia is a 1998 film about a Mexican soap opera star who leaves her career behind to pursue her first love - javelin throwing. She comes to the USA and takes up with a coach who's never coached before.

Director Bob Byington suggests that the movie is about doing something you don't know how to do, and the film may or may not suggest this theme.

The movie won the Grand Jury prize of best drama at the Long Island Film Festival