At 13, Pierre moves back to his father's farm after his mother's sudden passing. Struggling with bullying at school, he finds solace in his true passion—skateboarding. When he meets Bertrand, a former skateboarder with a mysterious past, the two form an unexpected bond. Together, they navigate their pain and attempt to rebuild their lives.
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Ollie exists in the same universe as skateboarding films that have absorbed the sport's very aesthetics—from Larry Clark's legendary Kids (1995) to Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park (2007), and more recently Jonah Hill's Mid90s (2018)—but it follows a different kind of gravity. For the two outsiders who meet in the monotonous, agriculture-driven French countryside, skateboarding is not merely a symptom of adolescent angst or a means of escape. It becomes a way of orienting their existence—a purpose in and of itself. The rhythm of boards hitting the pavement, the VHS-like texture of the footage, the dance-like movements of attempting an ollie, and the physical pain of falling—Ollie adopts the familiar language of skateboarding films, yet takes flight at its own speed, along its own trajectory. (SON Cecile Hyojeong | Translator, Screenwriter)
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