Final Set

Final Set (French: Cinquième set; literally, Fifth set) is a 2020 French sports drama film written and directed by Quentin Reynaud. The film premiered at the 2020 Angoulême Film Festival[2] and later showed at the Alliance Française French Film Festival at Palace Nova EastEnd and Palace Nova Prospect.[3]

Final Set
FrenchCinquième set
Directed byQuentin Reynaud
Screenplay byQuentin Reynaud
Produced byLéonard Glowinski
StarringAlex Lutz
CinematographyVincent Mathias
Edited byJean-Baptiste Beaudoin
Music byDelphine Malaussena
Production
company
22H22
Distributed byFilm Movement
Release date
  • August 2020 (2020-08) (Angouleme)
  • 16 June 2021 (2021-06-16) (France)
[1]
Running time
105 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Plot

Following an injury at the 2001 French Open, Thomas Edison, a 37-year-old tennis player is hearing from his doctor sad news about his ability to play due to his aging. Edison have an ageing ligament, joint damage and crippling knee injury, all of which are signs of him not able to come back. While working as a coach and living with Judith Edison, a former tennis player, Edison thinks of coming back. Despite missing an entry into Roland Garros (French Open), he manages to go through the ranks and eventually gets to semi-finals, but he still have a challenger to face - Damien Thosso. His win or loss will determine whether his wife will become a manager or not.

Cast
  • Alex Lutz as Thomas J. Edison
  • Ana Girardot as Eve
  • Kristin Scott Thomas as Judith Edison
  • Jürgen Briand as Damien Thosso
  • Tariq Bettahar as Marc
  • Quentin Reynaud as JB
  • Damien Gouy as Alexis
  • Victor Ouvrard as Zimmerman
  • Yanaïs Laurent as Müller
  • Leny Mitjana as Tarpichev
  • Hervé Pauchon as Patrick Gendre
  • Alexandre Blazy as Stéphane Garcia
  • Fabienne Galula as Chloé Delorme
  • Carine Ribert as Blanche Dumont
  • Thierry de Carbonnières as doctor Henry
  • Laurent Laffite as physiotherapist on the game
  • Mary Patrux as journalist of BEiN Sports
  • Rosa Bursztein as second journalist
  • Jeanne-Lore Aglossi as press attaché
  • Sonia Campion as physiotherapist in the city
  • Philippine Delaire as nurse
  • Marianne Garcia as babysitter
  • Alexandre Angelo Bettanini as Gaspard
  • Pierre-Emmanuel Boucher as referee #1
  • Léonard Glowinski as referee #2
  • David Bonnefond-Kevorkian as referee #3
  • Alice Lestienne as referee #4
  • Sacha Marie as seller of Go Sport socks
  • Sandra Rosinsky as Margaux
  • Stéphane Reynaud as manager's driver
  • Jules Marchand as security guard
  • Frédéric Petitjean as double
  • Paul-Henri Mathieu as himself

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 88% based on 8 critics, with an average rating of 7.4/10.[4]

Bradley Gibson of Film Threat wrote "a 37-year old failed tennis prodigy, attempting one final comeback".[5]

References
  1. "Final Set". UniFrance. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. Billington, Alex (August 11, 2021). "Alex Lutz Vies for Tennis Glory in French Drama 'Final Set' US Trailer". FirstShowing.net. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  3. Debelle, Penelope. "Film review: Final Set". InDaily. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. "Final Set (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. "Dreams on Fire". Film Threat. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.


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