Games 80(2024)

Games 80 is a Soviet-era drama following a disgraced official's son, exiled to work as a volunteer on the organizing committee for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. His stern boss—daughter of a high-ranking military officer—refuses to coddle him despite his privileged background. Assigned to the Olympic Games poster campaign, he encounters athletes, coaches, and fellow volunteers whose perspectives gradually reshape his worldview. Through their stories, he witnesses the mounting pressures and near-catastrophic challenges threatening to derail one of history's most ambitious sporting events. The film captures the human stakes behind the spectacle, blending coming-of-age drama with the geopolitical tensions surrounding the controversial Games.