When a soccer team becomes a nation therapy couch for 20 years.
This documentary charts 20 years of the French national soccer team, Les Bleus, whose ups and downs have mirrored those of French society.
Production
Incredible archival access spanning five World Cups and presidential regimes.
Direction
Dietz and Dauger let silences land harder than any sports montage could.
Writing
Turns post-match press conferences into Greek tragedy transcripts.
Director
Sonia Dauger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's 2016 release deliberately coincided with Euro tournament tensions and rising far-right discourse, making its archival footage feel uncomfortably prophetic.
Lilian Thuram's transformation from player to relentless anti-racism educator—captured across decades here—arguably makes him the film's true protagonist, not Zidane.
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