NARRATIVE – The curtain has fallen on the Olympics after two fabulous weeks. They leave a whirlwind of memories, a torrent of emotions. And, already, a strong pang in the heart.
A summer 42Robert Mulligan’s film, enhanced by the music of Michel Legrand, has been lingering its nostalgia for many years. “Un été 24” will long be remembered with melancholy. Never since the 1998 World Cup has France been carried by such momentum. Hit in its final stretch by an unprecedented political crisis, Paris 2024 has managed to carve out a small place for itself in a distressing geopolitical environment, with endless wars and the threat of terrorism, to deliver an innovative project (including an opening ceremony in the city, events for all, a gender-balanced, responsible event, with 95% of existing sites). And offer an enchanted interlude.
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It took imagination to shake up habits and reluctance, to go beyond fears and criticism. Paris, the Île-de-France and France were able to loosen the brakes and step over preconceived ideas. The promised picture was…
