Nicolas Gob
Matthias Le Goff
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Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic champion at the end of his career, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, a flamboyant and amateur gay water-polo team. They have only one thing in mind: to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia where the hottest international LGBT athletes compete. It's the start of a bumpy and joyful ride - Faster, Higher, Stronger.
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| Release Date | 2019-05-08 |
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| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Directors | Maxime Govare, Cédric Le Gallo, Abdelhadi El Fakir, César Chabrol, Jérôme Alméras, Marie Dupont, Karlo Katulic, Vid Spindler, Marine Benoit, Séraphine Bermond |
| Producers | Renaud Chélélékian, Edouard Duprey, Yann Girard, Abdelhadi El Fakir, Rodolphe Duprez |
| Writers | Cédric Le Gallo, Maxime Govare, Romain Choay |
I liked this! I am not going to pretend it is in any way groundbreaking; indeed in many ways it reinforces some pretty infantile stereotypes. A world class straight swimmer (Nicolas Gob) makes derogatory remarks about a gay reporter and is "sentenced" to look after the French gay water polo team by way of punishment. They turn out to be the worst kind of sporting team imaginable - but add swimming trunks (sometimes!) and the film tells the story of how he manages to get them to the Gay Games in Croatia. It is a predictable but fun romp, nonetheless. In a genre frequently super-charged with political correctness and sex; this is just a bit of fun. Give it a go - it will make you smile.
— CinemaSerf