The Gymnast (film)

The Gymnast is a 2006 film directed by Ned Farr and starring Dreya Weber, Addie Yungmee, and David De Simone.

Jane Hawkins (Dreya Weber) was once an Olympic gymnast whose career was ended by a devastating injury.

During her lessons, Jane meets Serena (Addie Yungmee), a Korean-American dancer who grew up in a Jewish adoptive family, and is a closeted (at least with respect to her parents) lesbian.

Jane finds herself torn between her growing love for Serena, and the potential for a rekindled relationship with her husband who now wants a child.

"[5] Conversely, in a scholarly analysis, academic Katharina Lindner noted the film's "clichéd story line" acted as "a reinforcement of rather problematic racial and sexual binaries.