Balestra

A cool, queasy dive into a training dream that starts as escape and turns into a quiet, disorienting pressure on everything.

Created by

Nicole Dorsey

Genres

Sci-fi & fantasy, Drama

Starring

Cush Jumbo, Manny Jacinto, James Badge Dale

Overview

A competitive fencer agrees to test an experimental device that lets her train within lucid dreams in which she meets a mysterious stranger who will upend her marriage, her psyche, and her path to Olympic gold.

How it feels

Eerie, tense, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Identity, obsession, deception, ambition

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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