Completed - ENGLISH, FRENCH - Documentary - 95 minutes
Inspired by Jean-Luc Godard’s maxim that "Cinema lies, sport doesn’t", French docu-filmmaker Julien Faraut serves up a fascinating combination of instructional clips from the national sports archive and exquisite 16mm footage of legendary tennis bad boy John McEnroe, captured at the height of his powers at the 1984 French Open.Faruat’s film offers a rich insight into both McEnroe’s style and his complicated psychology, capturing his magnificent court play and infamous bickering with umpires, ballboys and camerapeople alike, while suggesting that the man was – like the French New Wave heavyweights in cinema – a true auteur of the tennis court.
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Julien FARAULT Cast : John MCENROE, Ivan LENDL, Matthieu AMALRIC Producer(s) : Raphaelle DELAUCHE, William JEHANNIN
Country(ies) : FRANCE
Berlinale - EFM 2018BFI London FF 2018 (Nominee - Grierson Award)LISBON AND ESTORIL 2018 (Best Film)