Spartans

Name: Spartiates
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 2020-03-03
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Yvan Sorel

Original title: Spartiates

20142014
1h 20m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

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Documentary

Drama

I spent weeks filming in Marseille's Quartier nord, a district of the city mainly known in the media for its drug trafficking, gang shootings and kalashnikovs. There, I met an amazing person... Read allI spent weeks filming in Marseille's Quartier nord, a district of the city mainly known in the media for its drug trafficking, gang shootings and kalashnikovs. There, I met an amazing person, named Yvan Sorel. He runs a MMA (Mixed martial Arts) club in the middle of this neighbou... Read allI spent weeks filming in Marseille's Quartier nord, a district of the city mainly known in the media for its drug trafficking, gang shootings and kalashnikovs. There, I met an amazing person, named Yvan Sorel. He runs a MMA (Mixed martial Arts) club in the middle of this neighbourhood. Day after day, all on his own, with no support from the state, which gave up on thi... Read all

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

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Director
- Nicolas Wadimoff
Writers
- Jean Golinelli
- Nicolas Wadimoff
Star
- Yvan Sorel

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

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- Nicolas Wadimoff
Writers
- Jean Golinelli
- Nicolas Wadimoff
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5/10

Questionable methods

Well-made film from a documentary film making standpoint. However, it seems like that both the director and the main protagonist himself failed to understand that his methods of "teaching" kids the art of MMA are pedagogically wrong, counterproductive and in many ways atypical of what you can usually see in most MMA clubs. Especially when it comes to teaching kids.

The main character might have good intentions, but motivating these kids with aggression, yelling, bulling, and mind gaming is not the way to keep them "on the right path".

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