With the film "Les Joueuses", OL are fighting to "change mentalities"

Stéphanie Gillard filmed several OL matches for the film, including the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea, in April 2019. -

• OL have just won their seventh European crown on Sunday, beating Wolfsburg (3-1) in the final on Sunday.

• This umpteenth consecration preceded the release of the feature film

  Les Joueuses

  by a few days 

  , seeking to be the female

  counterpart

  of 

  Eyes in the Blues

  , 22 years later. 

• The players from Lyon, as well as the director Stéphanie Gillard and the producer Julie Gayet mentioned this project to the press on Wednesday for the preview of the film in Lyon.

Just after the world title es Bleus in 2018, Julie Gayet dreamed of producing a documentary on the France team organizing the summer following its World Cup.

"We received a net stop from the federation because Corinne Deacon refused to allow a camera to enter the locker room," said the producer, who then turned to OL, the benchmark of the discipline in Europe.

"As the president Jean-Michel Aulas opened the doors of the club to us, it was then obvious to us", smiles Stéphanie Gillard, director of the documentary

, a plunge into the daily life of OL during a season 2018-2019 concluded with a D1-Coupe de France-Champions League treble.

Presented at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival then previewed Wednesday at the Pathé cinema in Lyon Vaise, this 1h27 feature film necessarily reminiscent of

will be available throughout France from September 9.

"Our success does not fall from the sky"

The evidence felt by Stéphanie Gillard was not the same for the group then coached by Reynald Pedros.

"Wah, it was weird to suddenly receive someone in our locker room, it's usually a private place," said Amandine Henry Wednesday during a meeting with the press.

Then Jean-Michel Aulas explained to us that we could by this means transmit messages to future generations.

"

At 30, the captain of the Bleues, who had to wait several seasons in D1 before benefiting from the status of professional, quickly grasped the transmission value of the

 : “We wanted to show that our success does not fall from the sky, it there is a lot of work.

And then it is essential to remind young people that there should be no more barriers, there is no longer only male or female sport.

"Throughout the documentary, it is also a lot of question of quest for" respect "and" recognition "for the band at Wendie Renard.

30 minutes after celebrating a 7th UCL, @WRenard doesn't really think about savoring it: “We have equaled Real Madrid's record but now we have to go for the sixth European Cup in a row to beat it.

I'm never full ”, via @ 20Minutes https://t.co/FD8ysHQAaa

- Jérémy Laugier (@JeremyLaugier) August 31, 2020

"We must fight for the following generations"

"In the United States, it has always been natural to see a little girl playing football," recalls the club's iconic defender.

In France, it has been especially since our semi-final at the 2011 World Cup. We have come a long way in ten years, even if we would like it to go much faster.

Generations fought for us and we must also fight for the following ones.

"

Including to arouse interest in the men's team of his own club, even after a European coronation.

"It costs nothing to put a little message", notes Wendie Renard in the documentary.

The men's team came to congratulate the girls in training

"There are sometimes still mentalities to change but we are lucky at OL to have a good relationship with the boys," said the person concerned Wednesday.

When our counterparts congratulate us, it's always gratifying.

“They obviously got the message, coming to applaud them all face to face this Thursday morning at the Décines training center.

The players and the staff of the men's team came to congratulate our European Champions 👏 #teamOL 🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/bQIqpjIF5g

- CHAMP7ONNES 🏆 (@OLfeminin) September 3, 2020

Because "the highlight" offered by the release to the cinema of the

echoes a "legendary" European Cup (dixit Aulas) won Sunday against Wolfsburg (3-1).

"This is probably the best time to release this film," confirms the president of OL.

I did not know that the alignment of the planets would allow it to be presented after a fifth consecutive Champions League.

“It must be said that this seven-time European champion team almost always manages to obtain said alignment of the planets.

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