A great team: does the town of Clourrières, where the film takes place, really exist?

Released in cinemas in 2020, the movie called A great teamworn by Kad Merad, Alban IvanovCeline Sallette, Sabrina Ouazani and Laura Calamywill be broadcast for the first time unencrypted on Sunday, July 17, 2022, from 9:05 p.m. on France 2. Realized by mohamed hamidi, this feature film takes place in Clourrières, a small village in the North of France. The local football team is excluded from the championship until the end of the season, following yet another fight on the pitch. In order to save the club, the coach, portrayed on screen by Kad Meraddecides to form a new team, exclusively composed of women, in order to be able to finish the championship. However, this initiative will not be without consequences in the life of the small village.

Originally titled footballers, this film was partly shot in Vitry-en-Artois. In reality, the town of Clourrières, where the action of the feature film takes place, is fictitious. “As we wanted to situate the story in the East or the North of France – two regions that have a real football culture and an important popular and working-class anchorage – the action took place during the writing in Clouange, in the East. But we finally opted for the North which, cinematographically speaking, has a real visual identity. Clourrières was therefore born of our imagination. We toured around Douai, mainly in Vitryen-Artois and Auby. The welcome was great and the work with the supporters and local teams was a real pleasure.“said Mohamed Hamidi.

A beautiful team: a girl in tribute to women

By making this comedy, the filmmaker wanted to pay homage to women. “I lived all my childhood surrounded by women: my mother, my 6 sisters and my many aunts, cousins ​​and nieces. My mother and my sisters have always run the house, especially since with my two brothers we were the youngest (yes, that’s 9 children!). They helped us with our homework, with the choice of our orientations, our clothes, our holidays. They made all the big decisions. I was the youngest and they punctuated and enriched my life, giving me a taste for cinema and books by dragging me to the library with them. So I didn’t discover the world of women with A great teambut I just wanted to put women at the center of this story“, explained the director.

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