THE MORNING LIST
No matter how hard we try, when it comes to talking about sports, it’s the Americans who do it best – even if the idea of including Tanned people go skiing (1979) touched our minds. Head to the States, therefore, for this selection of films on sport in all its dimensions, including parody. From open water swimming to baseball, street basketball and that good old playground dodgeball, here are five reasons to slouch as a family in front of the television, watching others sweat away. the screen.
“The Strategist”: how to win without being the best
No need to know anything about baseball, this obscure American version of cricket, to enjoy this funny and clever creation with your family (Moneyball in original version) by Bennett Miller, co-written by Aaron Sorkin (To the White House, The Social Network) and worn by Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. Do not be put off by the apparent complexity of the story, taken from real events, which explains how a coach had the intuition to use statistics, modeled by an economist, to improve a team which until then was struggling. Full of humor and interpreted with relish, this chronicle of a typically American success has all the makings of a good Saturday evening film, for everyone aged 10 and over.
Film by Bennett Miller. With Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman (United States, 2011, 133 min). On demand on Netflix.
“Unsinkable”: the crazy feat of a sixty-year-old swimmer
In the well-stocked category of sports biopics, Unsinkable (of which we prefer the original title, more poetic, Nyad) stands out from the crowd with its premium casting – Jodie Foster, who has become rare, and Annette Bening share the bill – and, above all, with the extraordinary episode it depicts: the fifty hours spent in the water by Diana Nyad, 64 years old at the time, to swim from Cuba to Florida. From this impressive human and technological enterprise, Nyad makes an inspiring adventure, both terrifying and comic, carried by two actresses with unretouched faces, whose complicity works wonders. To show to all young swimmers, and to all those who dream of grandiose challenges, from the age of 12 (there is, at one point, a question of sexual abuse; it is better to be warned).
Film by Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. With Jodie Foster, Annette Bening, Rhys Ifans, Luke Cosgrove (United States, 2023, 120 min). On demand on Netflix.
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