Arvane Rézaï hates tennis. Yet she was once the world's 14th player. At 24, at the height of her career, she stopped everything. 13 years later, she is coming back. To do so, she called on her former coach: her father. The man behind her past successes but also her sufferrings. Through the prisme of this new sporting challenge, the film examines the relationship between a father and his daughter and the latter's ability to break free.
Aravane Rézaï grew up in a world where everything was a battle, both on and off the court. As the world's 14th-ranked female tennis player, she beat the greats, including Venus Williams and Justine Henin. But beyond the spotlight, another battle was being fought: that of a suffocating relationship with a demanding father and a daily life marked by violence and unspoken words. At the age of 24, at the height of her career, she abruptly left the court. After 15 years away, 10 of which she hadn't seen or spoken to her family, she decided to come back at the age of 37. Her ambition was twofold: to regain her place among the best and to try to repair what had been broken. To do this, she had to confront her past, alongside her father Arsalan, the man who shaped her but also broke her. Alongside their training, the Rézaï family undergoes transgenerational therapy to face the wounds of the past. This film tells the story of a woman's quest to reconcile with her father and free herself from the weight of her past.
