{"product_id":"over-the-limit","title":"Over the Limit","description":"Review\n\nWINNER - Best Feature - Krakow Film Festival\nWINNER - Best Director - Krakow Film Festival\nOFFICIAL SELECTION - IDFA Amsterdam\nOFFICIAL SELECTION - Moscow Int'l. Documentary Film Festival\nOFFICIAL SELECTION - Goteborg Film Festival\nOFFICIAL SELECTION - One World Prague ---\n\nWith her first feature-length documentary Over the Limit, Polish writer-director Marta Prus does for rhythmic gymnastics what Damien Chazelle did for drumming in Whiplash. - Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter\n[A] darkly dazzling achievement. The tight, tense result surely ranks among the great modern sports docs. - Guy Lodge, Variety\n...thoroughly engaging, an intense and emotional look at one athlete's relationship to her sport. - Pat Brown, Slant Magazine\n...harrowing and thoroughly captivating. --Ben Croll, Screen Daily\n\nRather than shape an angry exposé, Prus, herself a former gymnast, recognizes and embraces the Cinderella-like appeal of Mamun's punishing journey. - Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times (Critic's Pick)\nOver the Limit is a film about passion and art. It is a film about what drives us, beyond logic and comfort. - Chelsea Phillips-Carr, POV Magazine\nMargarita Mamun's road to the Olympic gold medal is portrayed in a stunningly, exquisitely beautiful way that celebrates one of the most unlikely heroines of the sport. The film creates 74 minutes of gripping drama it is probably only one slice of the truth (though honestly, who d be interested in watching trainings where everything is smooth?), but it's one of the most important works portraying RG. --Gergely Marosi, Rhythmic Gymnastics\n\nProduct Description\n\nOver the Limit shows how the successful Russian system for training athletes transgresses boundaries. Elite rhythmic gymnast Rita Mamun has reached a crucial moment in her career. She s soon to retire, but has one final goal set out for her: winning Olympic gold. A nail-biting behind-the-scenes drama about the intense physical and mental labor put into a sport that thrives on it's beautiful aesthetics, Over the Limit has been referred to as 'the Black Swan of sports documentaries' (Variety).\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B07MWVBX2S\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B07MWVBX2S.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eBinding: DVD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41415209123898,"sku":"DBV.B07MWVBX2S.A","price":9.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B07MWVBX2S-0.jpg?v=1778694711","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/over-the-limit","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}