A Soviet sports drama where belief matters more than medals — and the coach is the real underdog.
Innocent, a new coach in gymnastics, who arrived in the Siberian town, is a risk to his students to believe in themselves, in senior competitions replaces them strong competitors and get the expected result.
Acting
Boris Gitin's understated coach avoids all sports-movie clichés.
Direction
Bazelyan finds poetry in frozen Siberian landscapes.
Director
Yakov Bazelyan
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