Directed by:
Virginie VerrierScreenplay:
Virginie VerrierCinematography:
Xavier DolléansCast:
Garance Marillier, Émilie Dequenne, Alban Lenoir, Fred Testot, Sylvie Testud, Caroline Proust, Franck Andrieux, Serge Dupire, Eric Beauchamp, Sidwell Weber (more)Plots(1)
From the first moment she kicked a ball, Marinette Pichon's life would revolve around soccer. Although her hometown in rural France didn't have a girls' team, her talent spoke for itself, and staying focused on the ball helped keep Marinette distracted from a toxic home life. As she ages out of the local boys' team she is spotted by a talent scout and invited to play for the national women's team. Her home life deteriorates as her career takes off, but since female soccer players weren't (and still aren't) recognized as professionals in France, there's a limit to how far she can go. Incensed by this injustice and tired of battling competitive teammates, she jumps at an exciting offer to sign with a professional team in Philadelphia, becoming the first French player to do so. Her life in the U.S. could not be more different — she can eat what she wants, and doesn't have to hide her sexuality. Accompanied by a decade-appropriate electronic soundtrack, this energetic film traces the life of one of the best French soccer players of all time, and her lifelong struggle to be treated equally in a country to which she has given so much. (Tribeca Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Garance Marillier
France
Émilie Dequenne
Belgium
Best movies:
Close (2022)
Rosetta (1999)
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Alban Lenoir
France
Best movies:
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Fred Testot
France
Best movies:
Round Da Way (2009)
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Sylvie Testud
France
Best movies:
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Beyond Silence (1996)
La Vie en rose (2007)
Caroline Proust
France
Best movies:
Le Péril jeune (1994)
Le Cousin (1997)
The Scorpion (2007)
Franck Andrieux
Best movies:
Guilty (2011)
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Serge Dupire
Canada
Best movies:
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Eric Beauchamp
Best movies:
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Sidwell Weber
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Régis Romele
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Skirt Day (2008)
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Laurent Richard
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Romain Ogerau
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Living on Love Alone (2010)
Frankie Wallach
Best movies:
Marinette (2023)
The Bra (2018)
The Book of Solutions (2023)
Olivier Brabant
Best movies:
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Manuel Sinor
Best movies:
Race (2016)
Anna (2019)
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Eric Théobald
Best movies:
Allied (2016)
Sade (2000)
Nicolas Le Floch (2008) (series)
Emmanuel Rausenberger
Best movies:
In the Beginning (2009)
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