🏅 An Olympic summer on TV5MONDE!

Wednesday 31 July at 9pm*

Since their creation in 1896 by Pierre de Coubertin, the Olympic Games have fulfilled a heartfelt wish: to bring men and women together and to wipe the slate clean of the world's troubles during the Olympic truce. This fraternity of hearts and ideas has more than once been called into question.

Documentary - 1h30

Thursday 1 August at 9pm*

A group of Italian fans arrive in Paris to attend a football match. They have twenty-four hours ahead of them. Full of illusions, they set off on their own to conquer the city of their fantasies. Only Franco, who falls in love as soon as he arrives, escapes disappointment...

Cinema - 1h40 - Starring Marcello Mastroianni

Sunday 4 August at 9pm*

Through a huge misunderstanding, Maud Crayon wins the major competition launched by the Paris City Council to renovate the forecourt of Notre-Dame... Between this new responsibility, a childhood sweetheart who suddenly reappears and the father of her children whom she can't seem to completely leave, Maud has to learn stand up for herself!

Cinema - 1h25i

Wednesday 28 August at 10pm*

Grand Prize at the "Les sportives en lumières" Festival

At the age of 18, Gracia has one dream: to become a footballer. Her passion puts her at odds with the people around her, as women's football is far from accepted in the Central African Republic. Girls like her are called "Koli-Wali" (tomboys). Gracia doesn't care: she just wants to play.

Documentary - 52 min

In two parts, Wednesday 7th and 14th August at 9pm*.

Led by Jackson Richardson and then Nikola Karabatic, French handball has risen from 30th in the world rankings in 1984 to become one of the most successful international sports. Over the last forty years, it has become the most successful team sport of all time.

Documentary - 2 x 1h40

Sunday 11 August at 9pm

Two years after becoming world champion in Thai boxing, Laetitia, 28, has not seen much change and events and people seem to overtake her. Insecure and raising her son alone, she spends her life chasing her dreams. But nothing can be taken for granted...

Documentary - 1h20

Thursday 15 August at 9pm

Reims, 1969. Paul Coutard, a sports journalist and womaniser, provokes his manager by organising a women's football match. He receives unexpected help from Emmanuelle, the manager's secretary and his worst enemy at work. Together they go down in history as the first French women's football team!

Cinema - 1h26

Sunday 18 August at 9pm

January 2022. After a long break, eight old friends, now in their 70s and once leading figures in Parisian intellectual life and society, return to their habits in a Parisian bistro. With senses of humour and self-irony still intact, the evening swings between envy and admiration. And then suddenly, an intruder appears...

Cinema - 1h37

Wednesday 28 August at 9pm*

We've heard of Paralympic competitions before, and now we've come to the Cybathlon. Launched by Professor Robert Riener, this high-tech sporting competition, which brought together sixty international teams in Zurich in November 2020, combines disabled athletes and sophisticated bionic systems. Christian Bachmann follows researchers and athletes as they prepare.

Documentary - 52 min