Log-in to add movie to favourites

Movie added to favourites

Movie removed from favourites

Balestra

A competitive fencer agrees to test an experimental device that lets her train within lucid dreams in which she meets a mysterious stranger who will upend her marriage, her psyche, and her path to Olympic gold.

Director

Nicole Dorsey

Year

Genre

drama, fantasy, sci-fi

Box Office

N/A

Production

Item 7,Oddfellows Entertainment,New Regency Pictures

Awards

N/A

Raph

James Badge Dale

Elliot

Joanna Bathory

Owen

Wade

Dr. Sutro

Heather Doerksen

Audie Zimmer

Police officer #1

Jason William Day

Fencing girl

Paris referee #3

Paris referee #1

Detective Fiorino

Dr. Lambright

Sharon Crandall

Detective Tran

Ivy

Leo

Claude Knowlton

Neera

Misha Crane

Zana Hadzic

Denver NAC official

World Fencing Referee

Michael A. Cheng

Paris Referee #3

Joseph Allan Sutherland

Cincinnati referee

Paris Referee #2

Denver referee

Fencing student

View All Cast

No reviews yet

Be the first to share your thoughts on this movie

Explore 381 Clips

I don't want her to be my first, - Balestra

I don't want her to be my first,

Yeah, you need to ramp up, - Balestra

Yeah, you need to ramp up,

{\an8}And the road to that podium
is through Audie Zimmer. - Balestra

{\an8}And the road to that podium is through Audie Zimmer.

{\an8}But, you know, if you don't want to do
it this morning, we don't have to. - Balestra

{\an8}But, you know, if you don't want to do it this mo...

(Audience applauding in video) - Balestra

(Audience applauding in video)

{\an8}I could grid up and win,
but why was I down by nine points? - Balestra

{\an8}I could grid up and win, but why was I down by nine po...

(Audie laughing) - Balestra

(Audie laughing)

Raph Caron, Olympic medalist, - Balestra

Raph Caron, Olympic medalist,

(Audience applauding) - Balestra

(Audience applauding)

{\an8}American fencing has had its share
of stars in the last decades. - Balestra

{\an8}American fencing has had its share of stars in the las...

But few shine as bright as Joanna, - Balestra

But few shine as bright as Joanna,

(Audience applauding) - Balestra

(Audience applauding)

{\an8}You have to aim for
the top of Mount Everest. - Balestra

{\an8}You have to aim for the top of Mount Everest.

Love. Love's important. - Balestra

Love. Love's important.

{\an8}Love will get you out of bed
in the morning, - Balestra

{\an8}Love will get you out of bed in the morning,

{\an8}My real joy comes from helping
other people win. - Balestra

{\an8}My real joy comes from helping other people win.

We will make time for Q and A later, - Balestra

We will make time for Q and A later,

Bathory versus Zimmer. - Balestra

Bathory versus Zimmer.

{\an8}Ladies, if you'd like to make
your way to the armory. - Balestra

{\an8}Ladies, if you'd like to make your way to the arm...

(Audience murmuring, applauding) - Balestra

(Audience murmuring, applauding)

(Audie chuckling) - Balestra

(Audie chuckling)

Seeing you wreck everyone at the NACs. - Balestra

Seeing you wreck everyone at the NACs.

I was so jealous of you, - Balestra

I was so jealous of you,

But Raph always told me in our sessions, - Balestra

But Raph always told me in our sessions,

God, I was so bummed when he sold the gym. - Balestra

God, I was so bummed when he sold the gym.

{\an8}Don't get me wrong.
Owen has been brilliant. - Balestra

{\an8}Don't get me wrong. Owen has been brilliant.

En garde. - Balestra

En garde. - Balestra

En garde. Prêtes. - Balestra

En garde. Prêtes.

Look, we've got Denver in a week, - Balestra

Look, we've got Denver in a week,

Look at your arm, extend. - Balestra

Look at your arm, extend.

(Sniffling) - Balestra

(Grunting) - Balestra

{\an8}You're trying to tell me
this is my last chance? - Balestra

{\an8}You're trying to tell me this is my last chance?

(Birds chirping) - Balestra

(Birds chirping)

We'll do 600 more. - Balestra

We'll do 600 more.

{\an8}How did it feel to face
a real opponent again? - Balestra

{\an8}How did it feel to face a real opponent again?

{\an8}You know, we've never really
talked about what happened. - Balestra

{\an8}You know, we've never really talked about what ha...

The Olympics, a medal. - Balestra

The Olympics, a medal.

(Sighing) - Balestra

But there's not enough hours in the day. - Balestra

But there's not enough hours in the day.

(Joanna sniffling) - Balestra

(Joanna sniffling)

(Chuckling) - Balestra

(Door beeping) - Balestra

Hello! You must be Jo. - Balestra

Hello! You must be Jo.

{\an8}I've been updating her on
a study that I'm running, - Balestra

{\an8}I've been updating her on a study that I'm r...

{\an8}Have you heard of transcranial
magnetic stimulation? - Balestra

{\an8}Have you heard of transcranial magnetic stimulation?

It's the use of magnetic fields - Balestra

It's the use of magnetic fields

This is known as a halo coil. - Balestra

This is known as a halo coil.

{\an8}Now, currents in the lower
gamma band during REM sleep - Balestra

{\an8}Now, currents in the lower gamma band during REM sleep

We call it "directed dreaming." - Balestra

We call it "directed dreaming."

Imagine if you could train while dreaming. - Balestra

Imagine if you could train while dreaming.

Imagine if in an 8-hour sleep, - Balestra

Imagine if in an 8-hour sleep,

{\an8}A neural feedback processor
is the only invasive component. - Balestra

{\an8}A neural feedback processor is the only invasive compo...

It's implanted behind the ear, - Balestra

It's implanted behind the ear,

{\an8}The controls have safeguards
in place to prevent overuse: - Balestra

{\an8}The controls have safeguards in place to prevent overu...

{\an8}Uh, have you noticed any changes
in corticospinal excitability? - Balestra

{\an8}Uh, have you noticed any changes in corticospinal exci...

You have a background in neuroscience? - Balestra

You have a background in neuroscience?

{\an8}I was 6 months from an MD,
before I dropped out to train full-time. - Balestra

{\an8}I was 6 months from an MD, before I dropped out to tra...

{\an8}It's not a drug.
It's a training technique. - Balestra

{\an8}It's not a drug. It's a training technique.

In 5, 10 years, - Balestra

In 5, 10 years,

We can wait. Whatever you want. - Balestra

We can wait. Whatever you want.

{\an8} (Man): The place where
you train, what is it? - Balestra

{\an8} (Man): The place where you train, what is it?

And you practice with your coach? - Balestra

And you practice with your coach?

Your coach is your husband? - Balestra

Your coach is your husband?

And what's his name? - Balestra

And what's his name?

OK, so you're there. - Balestra

OK, so you're there.

Sorry, you must think I'm a moron. - Balestra

Sorry, you must think I'm a moron.

Right. OK, close your eyes. - Balestra

Right. OK, close your eyes.

Picture an airplane cabin. - Balestra

Picture an airplane cabin.

{\an8}We have a consistent pattern.
I'm encoding. - Balestra

{\an8}We have a consistent pattern. I'm encoding.

(Gasping softly) - Balestra

(Gasping softly)

You were asleep for 30 minutes, Jo. - Balestra

You were asleep for 30 minutes, Jo.

(Woman on PA): Room 312, 213. - Balestra

(Woman on PA): Room 312, 213.

{\an8}To my father's cottage.
I lost him some time ago. - Balestra

{\an8}To my father's cottage. I lost him some time ago.

I know about axons and dendrites - Balestra

I know about axons and dendrites

That's a place we have no maps for. - Balestra

That's a place we have no maps for.

(Audie laughing) - Balestra

(Audie laughing)

{\an8}Look at his angle.
You see the trap, don't you? - Balestra

{\an8}Look at his angle. You see the trap, don't you?

(Clicks tongue) - Balestra

(Clicks tongue)

Because, what, he chose you? - Balestra

Because, what, he chose you?

(Scoffing) - Balestra

A waste of a life. - Balestra

A waste of a life.

{\an8}Twenty years trying to make it
to that podium. - Balestra

{\an8}Twenty years trying to make it to that podium.

♪ You only live twice ♪ - Balestra

♪ You only live twice ♪

Yeah, I see potential. - Balestra

Yeah, I see potential.

Let's show them that Bathory is back! - Balestra

Let's show them that Bathory is back!

{\an8}It's possible a low dose could
amp your motor response - Balestra

{\an8}It's possible a low dose could amp your motor res...

You have one more session before Denver, - Balestra

You have one more session before Denver,

(Both chuckling) - Balestra

(Both chuckling)

Balestra poster

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

A competitive fencer agrees to test an experimental device that lets her train within lucid dreams in which she meets a mysterious stranger who will upend her marriage, her psyche, and her path to Olympic gold.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Nicole Dorsey

Writer: Imran Zaidi

Production: Item 7,Oddfellows Entertainment,New Regency Pictures

Genre: drama, fantasy, sci-fi

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 5.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 08 Aug 2024

Awards: N/A

Homepage: