The Straight Line (2011)
La Ligne droite
Leila is released from prison after five years of confinement. She will meet Yannick, a young athlete who became blind after an accident. This last practice race despite his disability, but to run it must be connected by a wire to guide a person called. It offers Leila to be his guide. Through this project, they will learn to rebuild.
- Date of release
- 2011-03-07
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (19)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Régis Wargnier
Casting
- Rachida Brakni — Leila
- Cyril Descours — Yannick
- Clémentine Célarié — Marie-Claude
- Seydina Baldé — Fanck
- Thierry Godard — Jacques
- Grégory Gadebois — Vincent
- Romain Goupil — Educateur Social
- Matthias Van Khache — Alex
- Frédéric Graziani — Gérant du bazar
- François Guérin — Jean-Luc
- Youssef Hajdi — Rémy
- Yann Sundberg — Alain
Interesting facts
La Ligne droite is a 2011 French drama film co-written and directed by Régis Wargnier which focuses on the sport of blind running. It stars Rachida Brakni, Cyril Descours, Clémentine Célarié, and Seydina Baldé. The film was given a limited release on 9 March 2011.
Filming
The actors trained alongside members of the French athletics squad and were filmed in front of 50,000 people during the Meeting Areva. One scene was shot at the ship cemetery of Landévennec (Finistère).
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