A P.E. teacher (Märt Avandi) at a small Estonian secondary school reluctantly starts a fencing club for the kids. But when they want to attend a tournament in Moscow, he must decide whether or not the risk of being arrested is worth the payoff of watching them succeed.
Plucky Economically-Disadvantaged Youths led by a Gruff Yet Secretly Kind Former Athlete Tortured by His Past take on Rich, Spoiled City Kids in a National Tournament to Restore Their Honor. Just sub out fencing for hockey, baseball, basketball, football, or soccer and you have an entire sub-genre of movies. This one has a little sizzle with Stalinist secret police and gulags but it's basically the same. Which is fine if you're into that sort of thing. The movie is low-key, quiet, no bombastic soundtrack, so it's nice if you're too hungover for The Mighty Ducks. It's currently streaming on Kanopy.
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