2021 · drama · supernatural
Final Set
Directed by Quentin Reynaud1h 53m2021
Thomas was once renowned as a young tennis prodigy, but never had the career he hoped for. At 37, despite his declining physical fitness and shattered knee he decides to compete in the intense qualifying rounds of the French Open at Roland-Garros for one last attempt at glory. Although his wife Eve and mother Judith advise him to give up, Thomas obsessively pushes forward. He will have to fight his own demons and will ultimately face a determined young player who reminds him of his younger self.
Our read: Final Set (2021) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded drama · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / supernatural, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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