Olga is a young Sami girl at the Kola Peninsula in Northwest-Russia. Everyone believes she is mentally retarded because she has grown up in an orphanage. Turning 18, she is being sent home and rejected by her own people. But Olga is a talented teenager and a gifted storyteller. The film takes us along Olga’s road in her claim for dignity and cultural identity.
Reviews
I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.
There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
A story that's too fascinating to pass by...
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...