Sport de filles (2011)

Director:

Patricia Mazuy

Writers:

Simon Reggiani (scenario), Patrick Le Rolland (inspiration),

Stars:

Marina Hands, Bruno Ganz, Josiane Balasko

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Marina Hands	...	Gracieuse
Bruno Ganz	...	Franz Mann
Josiane Balasko	...	Joséphine de Silène
Lady Amanda Harlech	...	Susan (as Amanda Harlech)
Isabel Karajan	...	Alice
Olivier Perrier	...	Le père de Gracieuse
Lionel Dray	...	Jacky
Muftie Alpin	...	Mina
Matthias Alexander Rath	...	Franz Mann jeune
Agnès Juhel	...	Première patronne de Gracieuse
Philippe Martin	...	Organisateur de concours
Thierry Nenez	...	Paysan 'fille de jaguar'
Nicolas Wakeford	...	Groom concours
Chiara de Luca	...	Anna Luisa
Piet Vercruysse	...	Le mari de la cliente

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

horse trainer | eye bandage | stud farm | female jockey | female protagonist | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sport

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Details

Country:

France Germany

Language:

German French English

Release Date:

25 January 2012 (France)

Also Known As:

Un deporte de chicas

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lazennec Films, Maia Cinema, Vandertastic Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Missed opportunity: nice context * dull (script, execution)

Character development. Any US series is better at that than most French movies. With audiences now educated to the level of quality found in the scripts written for TV shows, how long will there be money wasted on subsidised half-baked movies like that one? Basically 'Sport de Filles' feels like a TV-movie of the 80s. The title is pretty bad (it suggests nothing close to an interesting/intriguing premise), the main character is dull dull dull and the supporting cast is made of flimsy types, except for Bruno Ganz who does a good job with the only solid property of the lot. The story is dully linear without the glimmer of a sense of rhythm. Dialogue is on the nose and, worst of all, the music is bad and its mixing to cap longer sequences only serves to make the continuity painfully duller.

The only good point, beyond Bruno Ganz's scenes (most notably facing his English-American horse-love-interest) is that you can feel what is the passion for horses. Since it's the only redeeming point in the whole venture it's pretty clear this was the selling point. Sad to say it doesn't take much to green-light a euro co-production: a vaguely original idea is all it takes. Austerity and the confidence fairy, again?