Champions (2014)
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 1H 40M
Director : Artyom Aksenenko, Dmitriy Dyuzhev, Emil Nikogosyan, Alexey Vakulov
Writer : Leonid Margolin, Alexandr Markin, Pavel Ruminov, Emil Nikogosyan, Yaroslav Lukashevich
Synopsis
Five real-life stories of Olympic athletes of Russia. Five stories which intertwined love, betrayal, friendship. Each of these victories worth hard work, respect and belief in yourself, in your family and to your country.
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