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30 June 1982 (France)
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For the very first time, a documentary team is allowed to shoot sequences in the backstage of the French Open of tennis of Roland-Garros. | add synopsis
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Arthur Ashe | ... | Himself | |
| Marcel Bernard | ... | Himself | |
| Björn Borg | ... | Himself | |
| Don Budge | ... | Himself | |
| Philippe Chatrier | ... | Himself | |
| Henri Cochet | ... | Himself | |
| Jimmy Connors | ... | Himself | |
| Chris Evert | ... | Herself | |
| Ivan Lendl | ... | Himself | |
| Jean-Pierre Loth | ... | Himself | |
| Hana Mandlikova | ... | Herself | |
| John McEnroe | ... | Himself | |
| Ilie Nastase | ... | Himself | |
| Martina Navratilova | ... | Herself | |
| Yannick Noah | ... | Himself | |
| Victor Pecci | ... | Himself | |
| Fred Perry | ... | Himself | |
| Ion Tiriac | ... | Himself | |
| Thierry Tulasne | ... | Himself | |
| Guillermo Vilas | ... | Himself |
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France:130 min
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There are many reasons to love William Klein's documentary. The way his camera finds what things are, the way people quietly tell who they really are, the wonderful image, the premonitions too. But "The French" is special to my heart for another reason : I was ten or eleven when the picture was made, and I remember very well all the great tennis heroes of those times : Borg, Connors, McEnroe, Nastase, Navratilova or Chris Evert... They are the cast of this movie about Roland-Garros French Open. What can I say more ? The reason why I like this movie is quite nonobjective, but I'm sure it is a masterpiece even if you have never heard of all those tennis-men and women.