Balestra

Overview

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

Top cast

Cush Jumbo

Joanna Bathory

Manny Jacinto

Elliot

James Badge Dale

Raph

Christin Park

Audie Zimmer

Luke Bilyk

Wade

Heather Doerksen

Dr. Helena Sutro

Stephen Lobo

Owen

Claude Knowlton

Leo

Lori Triolo

Detective Fiorino

Jason William Day

Police officer #1

Johnson Phan

Detective Tran

Annette Reilly

Paris referee #3

Sharon Crandall

Dr. Lambright

Michele Goyns

Misha Crane

Sofia Skates

Fencing girl

Paul Almeida

Denver NAC official

Jeff Gladstone

Paris referee #1

Natalie Farrow

Ivy

Michael A. Cheng

World Fencing Referee

Hannah Duke

Neera

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