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Original Title: L'empire de la perfection
Status
Released
Release
2018
Runtime
1h 35m
Available options inUS
"Cinema lies. Sport does not."
An immersive film essay on tennis legend John McEnroe at the height of his career as the world champion, documenting his strive for perfection, frustrations, and the hardest loss of his career at the 1984 Roland-Garros French Open.
12 Cast Members
John McEnroe
Self (archive footage)
Mathieu Amalric
Narrator (voice)
Jacques Pernod
Self
Cédric Quignon-Fleuret
Self
Nicolas Thibault
Self
Serge Daney
Self (archive footage)
Tom Hulce
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gil de Kermadec
Self (archive footage)
Ivan Lendl
Self (archive footage)
John Patrick McEnroe
Self - John McEnroe's Father (archive footage)
Kay McEnroe
Self - John McEnroe's Mother (archive footage)
Patrick McEnroe
Self - John McEnroe's Brother (archive footage)
