PREMIERING JUST BEFORE THE US OPEN AT NYC’S QUAD CINEMA, AS WELL AS VIA VIRTUAL CINEMA ON AUGUST 27, 2021
“Exciting and powerful….The finale is breath taking. We recommend this film even if you are not a tennis fan.” — Véronique Gray, Vivamost
“Final Set has everything that you come for in an inspirational sports film
and more.” — Sean Coates, Movie Babble
SYNOPSIS
Once described as a young professional tennis prodigy, Thomas (Cesar-winner Alex Lutz) never had the career in the game he had hoped for. At 37, he decides to return to the French Open at Roland-Garros, in spite of his declining physical fitness and shattered knee. Although his wife Eve (Ana Girardot) and mother Judith (Oscar-nominee Kirstin Scott Thomas) advise him to give up on his unlikely ambition, Thomas obsessively perseveres. He will have to face his own demons as well as the intense competitive qualifying rounds to reach the tournament and eventually face a young tennis genius who disturbingly reminds him of his younger self.
FINAL SET (2020)
Written and Directed by: Quentin Reynaud
Cast: Alex Lutz, Ana Girardot, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jurgen Briand,
Tariq Bettahar, Quentin Reynaud, Damien Gouy, Victor Ouvrard,
Yanais Laurent, Leny Mitjana
Produced by: Léonard Glowinski
Co-produced by: Philippe Carcassonne, Francois Clerc, Bertrand Fleury,
Pete Gassmann, Julien Moreau, Corinne Rossi, Jean-Yves Roubin,
Joseph Rouschop, Christophe Spadone
Director of Photography: Vincent Mathias
Genre: Drama/Sports/World Cinema
RT: 105 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85: 1
Sound: Stereo 2.0
Language: French with English Subtitles
