In the 1930s, the young African-American athlete Jesse Owens is in training
for the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Whilst Owens is engaged in his own personal
fight against racism in America, the country hesitates over participating
in the Olympics. Would the United States' involvement in the games
indirectly signal the country's support for the Nazi regime that has recently
come to power in Germany? The President of the Olympic Committee, Jeremiah
Mahoney, is in a heated debate over this very matter with the important businessman
Avery Brundage. Undeterred by this political posturing, Owens dedicates
himself to proving himself in the games and making his own mark in history...
With so many great films to choose from, it's nigh on impossible to compile a short-list of the best 15 French films of all time - but here's our feeble attempt to do just that.