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All eyes are on Paris for the big games this summer, so we’ve curated an athletics-themed cinematic homage on this side of the Atlantic. These five French-language films—a mixture of narrative and documentary features—cover some of the most beloved competitive sports, including ice skating, tennis, water polo, volleyball, and soccer. With Francophone filmmakers focusing on subjects in Japan, America, France, Croatia, and Spain, the provinces of these selections are as varied as their players—and as globe-spanning as the summer games.