There will be a public screening of a feature film from the Auroville Film Festival 2022. It will be screened on Thursday, July 14 at Cinema Paradiso, Town Hall from 8pm onwards.

BODY AND SOUL
(À CORPS PERDUS)

2020, France, Documentary, French, 1hr 14 min

PE is the only school subject that has different grading scales for girls and boys. Zoé, 22, is a university student preparing to become a sports teacher. She realizes that she has a central role to play in combating gender inequality, which is often learned by default in childhood. She addresses her ideals directly on the sports fields, as her views are shaped by seeing the bodies of sportswomen in the heat of action, doing somersaults, tackles and scrums.

L’EPS est la seule matière à l’école, où le barème de notation est différent pour les filles et les garçons. Sur les bancs de l’université, Zoé 22 ans, se prépare à devenir professeure de sport. Elle réalise que sa place est centrale pour combattre les inégalités de sexe, qui souvents’ apprennent par corps dès l’enfance. Des idéaux qu’elle confronte directement sur les terrains de sport, se frayant un point de vue face aux corps en action des sportives dans la sueur des sauts périlleux, placages et mêlées.

Director, Writer: Magali Chapelan

Producer: Docks Films