Marinette
Biopic of Marinette Pichon, the first French female soccer player to sign on to the American professional league, record-woman in number of goals per game, and selections for the French national team.
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"Marinette is a biopic about Marinette Pichon, one the best French female footballers of all time, and perhaps the most influential one. As many early female footballers at the highest level, she had to battle a lack of interest and resources, battle sexism and homophobia. She overcame some tough barriers, but she would be the first to tell you that she wasn't able to overcome all of them. Marinette played with boys and with girls. She played locally, nationally and internationally. She was the first French footballer (male or female) to play professionally in the U. S., and she holds sev..."
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While some of the film was initially meant to be shot in Philadelphia, it was deemed logistically simpler for the production to remain in France, thus Le Touquet in northern France doubled for the United States.
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Biopic of Marinette Pichon, the first French female soccer player to sign on to the American professional league, record-woman in number of goals per game, and selections for the French national team.