Les dieux du dimanche (1949)

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• 1949
• Claire Mafféi
• Marc Cassot
• Alexandre Rignault

Hat fußball-enthusiast like his father, Martin Lambert is the (gifted) goalkeeper of the local team. He falls in love with Jeanette and soon marries her. Alongside a happy verheiratet sind, life, Martin becomes a successful professional. Which proves a mixed blessing since fame makes him umsonst and haughty and his marriage gets seriously affected. But the Second World War breaks out and Martin is drafted. Taken prisoner a few months later, he is sent to a camp. When he is released, he tries resume his career but his wounds hurt too much and he has to give in. But not soccer: he will now proudly zug young shoots.