Filmboxd Logo

Filmboxd

1998

Olympia

Directed by Bob Byington

A washed-up Mexican soap star ditches fame, fortune, and telenovela melodrama to chase an absurd new dream: becoming a javelin-throwing legend. With her trusty spear in hand and nothing left to lose, Olympia Miraflores (Carmen Nogales) swims across the Rio Grande, determined to rewrite her story. In border-town Laredo, she teams up with Billy (Jason Andrews), a disgraced coach whose athletic résumé includes wearing a taco costume outside a fast food joint. Together, this wildly mismatched duo takes on the world—one misstep at a time

Duration

1h 16m

Released

January 23, 1998

Revenue

$640

You´re not logged yet? Do it here

6.0

Rating2

Views0

Likes0

Lists1

Cast10

  • Jason Andrews
  • Carmen Nogales
  • Damian Young
  • Patricia Fiske
  • James Monroe Black
  • Lee Hunsaker
  • Joe Stevens
  • Mark Miks
  • Samara Paysse

Recommended Films

  • Ley's Line
  • Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
  • The Sea Inside
  • Laura
  • The Lovers on the Bridge
  • One Night in Tokyo
  • Out of Africa
  • Toilet: A Love Story
  • The Bathhouse of Malatily
  • Miss Meadows
  • La princesa Paca
  • Freaks
  • My Salinger Year
  • Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom
  • Discreet
  • The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
  • Paris Je T'aime
  • Haru
  • Ossan's Love: Love or Dead