Documentary / Drama / Family
Norway / Sweden,
2013, 90 min
Directed by:
Gunhild MagnorScreenplay:
Gunhild MagnorCinematography:
Gunhild MagnorPlots(1)
There is no shortage of enthusiasm and humour in the volleyball team of retired women. Optimistene, a volleyball team for grandmothers, consists of 66 to 98 -year-old-women and exists already from the 1970's. The women, used to playing amongst themselves, face a great surprise when they get an opportunity to play against a team of Swedish senior men. The documentary trails the women's preparations for the challenge, portraying the pensioners' everyday, merrily in step with a mariachi orchestra.
Sanni Myllyaho / Translation: Asta Mykkänen
(DocPoint)
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Sweden
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Sweden
![The Optimists - Posters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/posters/163/345/163345701_5190ee.jpg)
Sweden
![The Optimists - Posters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w663/files/images/film/posters/163/345/163345702_958adf.jpg)