Balestra

Balestra

Dream dangerously

2024 · 145 min · ★ 5.7 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama

Joanna is a competitive fencer at the end of her career who is desperate to be the world’s best. In order to gain an edge, she pursues an experimental technology, allowing her to train via lucid dreaming, where she begins a tumultuous affair with her instructor that threatens her real world marriage and her pathway to Olympic gold.

Directed by Nicole Dorsey · Written by Imran Zaidi

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