The Perfect 10 who defied a monster — and lived to tell.
A documentary portrait of legendary Perfect Ten gymnast Nadia Comaneci after becoming an icon in the 1976 Olympics, during her Romanian period, and her challenging years under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu.
Acting
Comăneci's raw, guarded candor — no performance, just survival.
Direction
Rapaport weaves archival terror with intimate present-day reckoning.
Editing
Jarring cuts between 1976 glory and 1989 escape footage.
Director
Pola Rapaport
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The documentary reveals Comăneci couldn't reunite with her family for years after defecting — the regime punished them as 'enemies of the state.'
Her 1976 Montreal performance was broadcast on tape-delay in Romania; citizens learned of her triumphs from foreign radio, making her both national symbol and state secret.
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