Along with the Olympics, Paris 2024 is coming to the steps of Cannes

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Several generations of French athletes recall their Olympic and Paralympic adventures. With over a century of participation and exploits, a heroic lineage of athletes following in the footsteps of their elders. A big and beautiful family story.

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Can sports and cinema go well together at Cannes? quite ! There have been two films dedicated to Diego Maradona and this year, the closing ceremony is underway as France Télévisions broadcasts the Coupe de France soccer final between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Lyonnais on the same evening.

But this is not the only sports news that will collide with the news of the festival: this Tuesday, May 21, the Olympic flame will indeed go up the stairs, accompanied by several athletes such as Marie-José Perec, Thierry Rey and Tony Estange. President of the Paris Games. Who appears in the documentary narrated by Marion Cotillard and presented, in a special session, on this occasion.

Just two months before the event, the Olympics! La France des Jeux focuses on the glorious past of French athletes and para-athletes. From Laure Manaudou to Marie-José Perec, including Jean Galfione, Guy Druitt, Brahim Aslum, David Doyle, Alain Bernard, Christine ‘Kiki’ Caron, Nikola Karabatic, Emilie Le Penec and even former cyclist Charles Coste, the Dean’s gold medallist. 100 years old.

Speakers celebrating their victories on camera with commentary supported by archive images. but also the obstacles overcome to achieve it, their childhood and the discovery of sport, the symbol that games represent (“To be an Olympian is to participate”says Laure Manaudu, silver medalist) or the promotional vector they can create.

“Women revolutionized early men’s Olympics from within”We can hear the fact that Pierre de Coubertin once restricted their access to tests. Let us remind you that sexism, if it is not included in the program of games, has been in them for a very long time.

“Women revolutionized early men’s Olympics from within”

Mikael Gamrasni’s documentary (Apocalypse, Impossible Peace) is also a film about the power of sports. It allows many things (self, prejudices, obstacles in life) and evokes emotions.

“The great thing about sports is that even when you see old pictures again, it still haunts you.”– says Nikola Karabatic. It’s hard to prove him wrong, given that this film appears in the archives, with a release date (or on France Télévisions?) still unknown.