Who is Marinette Pichon, the French footballer and LGBTQ+ activist at the centre of a new biopic?
msn.comMarinette, which came out in theatres in France on 7 June and recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in the US. The release was set at a timely moment, about a month before the start of the Women’s World Cup in July.
Garance Marillier (Raw, Titane) plays the football star, who has dedicated much of her life to protesting against the fact that women athletes notoriously receive less media coverage and lower salaries than their male counterparts.
The beginning of Pichon’s sports career was far from easy. She grew up in Brienne-le-Château, a small community with a population of just under 3,000 in the north-eastern region of France.
Pichon first kicked a ball at 5 years old. At home, her mother was steadfastly supportive, but she dealt with an alcoholic, abusive father, and football soon became a way for her to escape the violent realities of her personal life.
