Perfect

  • March 17, 2018 / 16:30
  • March 23, 2018 / 21:00

Director: Jérémie Battaglia
Cast: Claudia Holzner, Marie-Lou Morin, Meng Chen, Karine Thomas
Canada, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Russia, Slovakia, 2016, 77', color, English, French with Turkish subtitles
 

Strength. Stamina. Sequins. Perfect follows the Canadian synchronized swimming team beyond the beauty, to the brawn it takes to be an Olympic athlete. With unprecedented access to the team and their trainer, Perfect highlights this determined, strong and hard working group of women in their quest to make it to the Olympics through the most grueling year of their lives. From Montreal to Bratislava, Kazan and Puerto Rico, battling eating disorders, dislocated knees and crushing losses, these girls never give up. And more importantly, they never stop smiling.

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Personal Best

Personal Best

Know My Name

Know My Name

Venus and Serena

Venus and Serena

Sarah Prefers to Run

Sarah Prefers to Run

New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story

New Generation Queens: A Zanzibar Soccer Story

Perfect

Perfect

Girl Unbound

Girl Unbound

Blood Road

Blood Road

01:05:12. The Longest Race

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Trailer

Perfect

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Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico

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The Ottoman Way of Serving Coffee

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Coffee was served with much splendor at the harems of the Ottoman palace and mansions. First, sweets (usually jam) was served on silverware, followed by coffee serving. The coffee jug would be placed in a sitil (brazier), which had three chains on its sides for carrying, had cinders in the middle, and was made of tombac, silver or brass. The sitil had a satin or silk cover embroidered with silver thread, tinsel, sequin or even pearls and diamonds.