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Hey, Fode! My man! It's hard to get to you!

Stand on the right. It's better for the camera.

You're wearing your Pink Floyd shirt. It'll bring you good luck!

Three nominations

Best Player, Best Midfielder and Best Goal of the Year.

If you had to choose one title tonight, which would it be?

Awards aren't about the individual. It's for the team, Racing Club.

We're third, 'so we can hope for the Champions League.

Speaking of the team, look who's here.

Great timing! Your president and your coach.

Look at that elegance! What class!

You three will be phantasmagoric!

They love you to bits.

I'll leave you now. You now. Goodbye!

Permafrost.

- What's that? - The layer of ice under the earth.

Global warming melts it and releases viruses

millions of years old.

Permafrost is medium-term.

I'm asking for potential causes of an immediate collapse.

. The end of the internet - That's scary.

Can you imagine that? Bam!

Nuclear too! What's it called? Fukushima.

- War, hatred... all that violence. - I'm not sure I should've come.

What part of this frightens you?

Everything.

The worst is, I don't understand today's world.

It's as if...

As if what?

As if everything was falling apart.

- Tattoos? - Another element for the file.

- File? “The decline of French societal unity.

You looked at tattoos?

No, societal collapse But there were tattoos

Self-promotion, narcissism...

Because of tattoos? That's pushing it.

The Roman Empire banned tattoos

to federate tribes create a single society and

Then we'll ban tattoos. - That confirms defeat.

- A society can't be forced to unite. - Sam, I was joking.

Okay.

You coming?

Okay.

Have a seat.

Please sit.

What's the update on Lafont? The French Banking Federation boss.

He paid 150,000 euros for a campaign. He deserves a survey.

Perception of evolution in the banking sector?

It's not done?

A bank makes money with money. Everyone knows that.

Your surveys cost us 500,000 euros

You've surveyed everyone in France.

-I study societal transformations. I know, we understand that.

I need some pretty PowerPoint slides to make our fabulous clients happy.

Abstract theoretical analysis is great, but we're a PR agency.

We handle media crises. Corporate image campaigns

I need you to get involved in client files.

I’ll make make PowerPoint slides.

I'd like you to move beyond the theory.

- How are you doing these days? Just fine.

- I need you to get involved. - Yes, I get it.

The president of the competition Martin Brudoff.

Thank you, Herve.

Thank you all.

I'm very happy to close this fabulous gala evening

uniting our football family.

Wish to give special thanks

to the volunteers and professionals

who helped organise the celebrations.

- This year... - What did you say?

- Let go of me! - Sit down.

Dirty toubab!

Get away from me! Fuck.

I'm fine.

THE TRIGGER

Is this anti-white racism?

- What happened? - Leave me alone

Tristan Javier.

- Francois Marens, Racing Club president. - Evening, sir.

My star player just headbutted my coach at the football gala.

- It's a ceremony... - Yes, I know.

Okay, good. The press is on my back.

- Where are they? - Who?

The player and the coach.

The coach is being checked by doctors

Fodé split after calling him "dirty toubab.

The priority is to find Fode.

- We're on it - Where are are you now?

- On my way back to the club. - Listen carefully.

Talk to no one. Wait for me at the club.

And meanwhile? People want an explanation.

You didn't kill anyone.

Turn off your phone, talk to no one and wait for me.

Okay.

Dirty toubab!

Football Awards

Francois!

What's your plan?

It's time to act responsible. Fodé can't stay after this.

- The club's audit is Thursday? - Yes, Thursday.

- The auditors are independent. - Sure, but they have TVS.

They saw what we saw.

Racing can't be a scumbag football club.

Drive.

You hear me?

Arsehole.

Scandal at the awards... a player hit his coach.

A headbutt out of the blue.

- Dominique and Giovanni? - We must judge facts.

All I know is that we don't know.

We don't know what happened before the headbutt.

We don't know!

- You do know. - Why did he say "dirty toubab"?

You know that “dirty toubab" "means dirty white man".

This is an unacceptable insult. You know exactly what he did

You're judging with zero facts. - We've said nothing.

- Fodé is a respected captain That's even worse!

A respected captain thinks he can headbutt his coach?

You're talking Nonsense!

This reminds me of the New York Sofitel affair.

How's that? - It's suicidal behaviour.

We strive for excellence.

Which is why apologise

to children, to educators and those for whom football is a dream

Serious decisions will need to be made.

- Mehdi, the press? - LeMonde.

Major Football Crisis

Okay.

LeFigaro.

Liberation

Football in black and white

LeParisien

Staggering!

- Justine? - It's on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook.

And Zidane's headbutt has reappeared and is going viral...

The three leading trends are # FSA, #Fode

#RacingClub.

Hang on. Here's Fodé

You can get him!

I swear it's Fodé! Fuck, the dude's speeding!

Look, it's Fode!

Look, it's Fode. Go on, film him!

Shit, it's Fodé, get his pic!

- Get lost! - Go on, film!

- You've got him. Get lost!

Take this!

Look at him go! Film, film!

Get lost or I'll mow you down!

- How far is the club? - 20 minutes.

Zidane-style, a reminder for you older guys This is wild!

I'd love to slug Terret too!

No idea what he was thinking.

Dirty toubab!

Dirty toubab!

Dirty toubab!

#lamtoubab

#Scumbag

Does anti-white racism exist?

No!

God created the world in six days

Today, a single image is enough.

Like the collapse of the World Trade Center

The image tonight,

this headbutt, this bloodied toubab,

plunges us into a new world.

Tonight, our globalised elite witnessed the violence

that all French "toubabs" experience daily.

And it ruined their snazzy cocktail party.

Poor darlings!

The wealthy usually celebrate multiracial love

to sell us the myth of football uniting the nation.

But tonight. Revelation

It's not the golden calf of soccer that makes a nation the glory of diversity

No, it's history, culture and civilisation.

Yes.

Tonight was the 9/11 of their "living together in harmony.

This was Marie Kinsky. Love you all.

Tristan!

What's up with you?

I'm getting involved.

Fuck!

Press Release

If he calls let me know, okay?

I'm counting on you.

Rachid didn't reach him

I'll call his agent, he must know. He's messing with us.

Here comes the cavalry.

Good evening.

- I'll take your phone, sir. - Hello, sir.

- President. - Thanks for coming.

Hello. Please give your phone to the gentleman.

- Your phone? - Did you find Fode?

Even his wife doesn't know where he is I have no clue

We'll figure it out. Need to borrow your phone.

Need passwords for the club's social media accounts

- I have them. - Your phone, please.

I'll take a photo.

Thanks. Antoine. I Here.

For now Antoine will keep your phones

but he'll give them back.

- No one has talked? - Not to my knowledge.

- We're drafting a press release. - To say what?

- That's the question. - Then why say anything at all?

Any word can potentially make the situation worse

Mr President, your password

- One, two, three, four. - You must change that.

- The priority is to stall for time - Brudoff threatened

He's the League's boss. A real brute.

Excuse me, could you stand by the window?

- Very simply. - For?

Just a photo to save time

Could you stand next to each other? The three of you.

He doesn't want two elite clubs in Paris

He'll use use this to smear our name

You can explain later. Let's proceed step by step.

First, a photo for social media.

Face the gentleman.

- Excuse me. - Check the lighting.

Let's see. Too stuck-up. It's too stuck-up

Mr President, could you take off your jacket?

And roll up your shirtsleeves.

Keep talking

Fucking hell.

Fuck.

Hello?

Fodé, everyone's looking for you.

I fucked up, Fatou.

- I really messed up badly. - Tell me what happened.

Fodé, can you hear me?

To play in the Champions League, we need to beat Galatasaray.

If we do, we make 30 million.

- Our budget relies on this hypothesis - Or else?

We'd need to sell Fodé. Market value 60 million.

But how much is he worth now? Fifteen, ten?

- We can't finance our new Stadium - We're not there yet.

We are.

Brudoff wants us to sell Fodé now or the DNCG won't approve our budget.

- What's the DNCG? - Our board of directors.

After his knee injury, Fodé was stuck on the bench at West Ham

Here he was back playing for the French national team.

Do we deserve this? What did we do to him?

When was the arsehole ever mistreated?

Spoiled fucking brat.

I'm scared.

That's healthy.

Fear makes you defend yourself. Anxiety paralyses.

Will I get through this?

It's Fode.

Yes, now you'll get through.

Okay, listen. Empathy and understanding.

- Okay. - Go on.

Fodé, you okay, son?

Where are you?

- Skies are hell. - I think I'm kind of bored.

Then go home to your wife.

- See? Not that bored. - I said "kind of."

Do we really have to do puzzles?

What you start, you finish.

If people did that, society would still be standing

Who's David?

- One of my theatre assistants. - Message.

Is David handsome?

He's not bad.

A bit young for you.

But not for you?

That's an agency. A little pic for social media.

People who post on other accounts, are the first to “like.

Where are you?

Look, Marie, it fits.

I put a piece down and it fits.

The sky, too. I'm the boss.

It's Sam's agency.

Who's Sam?

No one any more.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

- I'm Sam Berger. - Fodé.

- Ready to go? - Yeah, thanks

Media crises last 72 hours

So in about 68 hours you should be good.

And we might get lucky.

A stock market crash or an earthquake in Nepal

and you'll be old news

I have no moral judgement about what happened.

I'm not drawing comparisons

I could've given other examples or in another order.

Was just describing a mechanism.

Excuse me, but... who are you?

- Sam Berger. - Yeah, you said.

Only once. I wouldn't be hurt if you forgot.

I didn't choose my name, so I don't really care.

No one chooses their name, except people who change them

but that's a whole other story.

I'm trying to help you relax, but it's not working.

No.

Okay.

Excuse me.

Prefer it when you talk.

My job title is horrific. I'm a “crisis communicator".

In other words, "magician".

We can't work miracles, but we can help you through this mess

And your boss hired us to help you.

You okay?

A bit shaken.

How exactly do you help?

Have you ever seen a shrink?

A few times after my knee after my knee injury.

We're the same only more expensive

Your coach has started his session.

- It's cool, I'm glad. - You're glad?

Of course. I told Fode before he hit me.

- You told him you were glad? - Sure.

I could see.

The kid clammed up as the evening went on.

The Trophy of Honour go esto Racing Club president Francois Marens!

When the president went for his honour thingy

Fodé shouted and pepped things up, like in the changing room

The football trophy for Best Coach

is awarded to Pascal Terret!

Even for mine, he gave a high five and hugged me

Thank you.

It was later on...

It was hard.

The trophy for Best Goal is awarded to...

Mansour Jalabi!

The trophy for Best Midfielder

is awarded to

Pape Ndima!

Fode is ten notches above Ndima.

It's hard.

It hurts.

It pisses you off.

The trophy for Best Player of the Season

is awarded to Roberto Tavelino.

He's glad. What does he care? He got his trophy.

It's his fault I didn't. I don't want to do box-to-box.

- What's box-to-box? - A player who covers both penalty areas.

A box-to-box midfielder runs more and scores less

But for the trophies, you need stats. Goals or assists

- Assists? - The last pass before a goal.

The energy...

What do you mean by that? - There's the game and there's the energy.

Energy is everywhere. You've got to grab it and use it.

There's something I don't get.

- Why tell him... - Don't touch that.

Why did you say you were glad?

I had no time to explain.

Brudoff was winding up the gala.

I told Fodé Iv was was glad.

What did you say?

- What did you say? - Calm down.

- Let go of me! - Sit down.

Toubab!

Glad about what? Winning a prize?

That thing? Take it if you want.

I was glad that now Fode had something to prove.

- What? - That they were wrong.

He performs and we win the Champions League

There's his energy. There!

It's a form of management?

I'll put up a press clip in the change room that says “Fodé Won Nothing!"

When he sees that, he's going to fight.

Because when something's unfair, you fight!

That's where the energy is! Right there!

- So you won't press charges? - Against Fodé?

How do I get through the qualifiers without him?

Wait one second, I'll be right back.

- What's up? - Come here.

The coach isn't pressing charges.

But he's completely wacko. And you?

Her resents his playing position.

- Will he apologise? - I haven't gone that far. He's fragile.

- Can I finish with him? - Be my guest.

Let's switch, I'm fed up with Genghis Khan.

There's one thing I don't understand.

I don't get it. Never do this, never say that.

- “Toubab"? - It's between us...

He's a "toubab", I'm "black", Ahmid's "the Arab".

I get what you're saying.

- But in this day and age... - I'm not stupid.

So you'll apologise?

Yeah, I can apologise.

And there, Fodé covers the sideline.

Then he sprints forward That's box-to-box.

But with his opponents dispersed he breaks through with a pass.

Verticality He looks for a way in.

If counter-pressing doesn't work, Fode runs back.

He covers and steals the ball!

- Poor guy must be exhausted. - Sure, that's box-to-box

But he can do it. He has the endurance.

- He can withstand, Fodé. - But he scores less, right?

I'm just asking.

It's okay. It's a good question.

It's true.

Fodé's stats drop. But we'll play the Champions League

Fodé is at the service of the team. Football is a collective.

I don't coach players. I coach a team.

- You understand? - It's very clear.

It wasn't my day. "Morning inspection, evening dejection.

You had a police inspection this morning?

I drove my daughter to her friend's.

Louder, sweetie

.Where's the music? - Hang on. I'm sorry.

I'll put it on after.

Hello, police. Car registration, please.

- Is there a problem? - Your papers, sir.

- I forgot them. - Is this your car?

- Of course. - Please get out.

- I'm with my daughter. - Step out calmly.

I'll be right back, promise. Everything's okay.

- Hands on the hood - Seriously?

- Bought this with your savings? - Is that illegal?

We'll check it out. Don't move.

Sorry, Mr Thiam, you shouldn't drive without your papers

You understand? Imagine if an accident...

- Yeah, I can imagine. - Have a nice day.

Saturday workshops...

Anti-racism Failure, Integration Problems

and Myth of the Nation.

The evening is a plenary on police violence

Where would a white philosopher be most helpful?

Anywhere. These aren't non-mixed meetings

- He's put us in this shit. - He's stuck on the footballer.

Check out #toubab. "You bunch of defeatist indigenists.

"Woke, intersectional de colonialists!

“Arsehole wasn't good enough?

- Now we're the racists. - No way.

The racialised can't be racists.

- Good luck explaining that. - Remember Roots?

- The oral family history. - His ancestor's past.

His capture in Gambia his life as a slave

until his death on a plantation

On the slave ship to America,

the women are on the deck singing in Manding.

It's so engaging that the whites, who don't understand,

clap their hands too.

The women cunningly use singing

to send a message to the chained black men.

"Toubab fa, toubab fa. Toubab fa.

- Toubab fa? - Kill the whites

Were those those women racists?

I call it legitimate self-defence.

A white gang chasing a black is...

Violence, anti-white racism,

toubab, black, white, race, racialised..

The terms circulating clearly point to a specific emotional realm.

Identity struggle.

Omnipresent in the politico-media agenda.

No use fighting it, it won't go away.

It's a monster with tentacles everywhere.

So we'll tame it...

with a titbit.

Fode's apology. A prerequisite.

And as Pascal isn't pressing charges, there's no victim any more.

But this won't satisfy the extreme right. Fodé is a golden opportunity.

They won't let him go. Just look at Marie Kinsky.

When Kinsky leaps on a topic the media buzz is huge.

Good thing we took your phones. It's carnage.

On social media, Fode is somewhere between Satan and a jihadist.

Does anyone here know Kenza Chelbi?

Rings a bell.

Master's degree in literature. 240,000 Twitter followers

She runs La Boucle, a network of French decolonial thinkers

Here's her tweet from last night

A white gang chasing a black is a lynching.

Criticising the bandwagon effect.

But she has nothing to defend Fodé. Although she wants to.

So, we'll give her something Fode's police inspection that morning.

In France, even money doesn't make you white.

- Come on. - Fodé was violent. True.

But systemic racism does exist. It's the core issue

One all.

The police pull you over, so you hit a dirty white man?

Not a "dirty white man" "Toubab".

-It means “powerful man" in Wolof - Who'll say that?

A semiotician on TV tonight will explain the subtleties of Fode's mother tongue.

The truth is protean. You need to see it in 3D

He's our first minesweeper an expert who make news appearances

to change the public's viewpoint.

Next minesweeper, Robert Pires.

They called me “Porto".

We called Zizou “the Arab". So what?

Rappers use the N-word. - That's different.

Okay, but it's debatable. We're debating now.

Once it's a debate, who can force you to get rid of Fode?

It would be choosing sides. - Nice idea, but concretely?

We secure the zone with minesweepers and hold a press conference at 7 p.m.

Fodé apologises Pascal forgives.

Fode recounts his police check.

La Boucle screams systemic racism.

Decolonialists, one. Extreme right, right, one

Everything is in perspective and we move on.

But when you say "we move on,

move on to civil war?

Commonly, identity confrontations lead to civil war.

- Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Rwanda... - Sam, please.

It's another aspect of protean truth.

Can you come with me?

Excuse me, what exactly are you saying?

Sorry, I don't have any slides.

The emotional identity realm.

It's easy to enter, but harder to exit.

Kind of like... a divorce At first it looks easy

But between lawyers, money, child custody... it turns sour.

The family tears itself apart.

Friends, the kids... It's like a miniature civil war.

- Stop the fear tactics. - Stop playing with fire.

My proposal.

Impose another emotional realm.

Football.

It's emotional. France boasts 65 million football experts

We reveal the true conflict between Fodé and Pascal. The box-to-box

Truth is the best weapon against lies.

And football is circus games.

Derived from civil war.

A civilisational replacement of street violence with symbolic violence.

A staged conflict.

The words are the same

Identity, opponent, combat, battle, sacrifice, colour...

Shifting from identity-emotion to football-emotion is entirely possible.

Now, implementation.

We have three phases. One, the trigger. The headbutt.

Two, the spiralling controversy. A violent wave of insults

Then phase three when we shut down the event.

It should take two days.

But in the meantime we stand back and say nothing.

- Total silence - Two days? Why?

The law of desire.

The more we wait, the greater the impact. Rarity fuels desire.

Rare words have an impact, otherwise they fade away.

As for the form, the focus is football so no press conference.

I propose a training session open to the public.

Fodé and Pascal join the other players.

The supporters rush over, surround them, film them.

This is good. Amateur videos are positive truth.

Fode apologises. Pascal forgives

But not all is settled. Box-to-box or attacker?

Their discussion lasts

It's powerful, strong There's a clash.

It's heated The supporters get carried away

It's divisive.

What divides them is not La Boucle's “systemic racism"

nor Kinsky's “anti-white racism".

It's football. Nothing but football.

Football unites the French archipelago

rural and urban communities.

Football withstands. Football remains a rampart.

And the awards gala didn't herald civil war in France.

Civil war in France... Not sure about that.

Marie, you could fill a stadium tonight.

We could beat every rating.

People want you to massacre want you to massacre Thiam.

- No news from the club? - No. They're crushed.

- They’ll fire Thiam. - A national player?

He'll counterattack blame society.

"FC Cry Baby"? More oil on the flames.

Or else they're pulling a Greta Garbo.

Playing hard-to-get.

Greta Garbo ensured that her appearances be rare events

Rarity fuels desire.

And when the club finally speaks: you want to believe them.

- How long's a Greta Garbo? - 48 hours minimum.

- 48 hours is a year. - They'll crack.

We'll soon know.

Meanwhile, we ego easy.

No death blow. Just a bit of atmosphere.

- Our followers want cruelty. I need to know who I'm up against.

- Tonight, I discuss modern art. - Modern art?

An "artist" wants to go nude beside Courbet's L'Origine du Monde.

She's not black. But we activate a spot in the left brain.

"This is the deconstruction of civilisation.

For the unconscious, Fodé and modern art are one.

They mean collapse, like the Twin Towers

Shit, Sam

We're here to reassure not scare.

Civil war?

- She spoke of "the myth of football. - Who?

- The last bastion uniting the French -Who?

- Marie. - Marie Kinsky? Seriously?

Football is our seawall If it gives, we're lost.

- She knows where she's going. Where?

Civil war, obviously.

One dumb question... Why?

- She wants power. - Her millions of views aren't enough?

No, the principle of omnipotence is that it's never enough.

She's pushing society to the verge of civil war.

Power will be hers for the taking.

You're handing her the means, a war of words with La Boucle.

- Sam, you're not well. I'm fine!

You're the sick one! You're setting fire to society.

You can't work in this state. A taxi's waiting at the back gate

Is Adam with his dad this weekend?

Should Justine take you home?

Don't tell the coach.

Everything will be fine.

Trust me, staying put for 48 hours

to shift emotional realms is suicide.

Do you see a factory owner staying put after an explosion?

Honestly

Hello.

Chag Sameach. You know, today is Shavuot.

Want to come over?

- No. - Why not?

- You're Jewish, right? - I'm not only Jewish.

What's that mean? - I'm a woman.

That's a whole agenda. Like tonight.

Your wife will make dinner and watch the kids?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

I'm French too.

I have ID, a health card and voter card.

As a kid I loved the Bastille Day fireworks.

I'm an expert in Brel-Brassens-Ferré yet I'm Moroccan.

Well, my mum mum was a bit Lithuanian

And my dad was born in Paris. And yours?

No? Good for him

I'm heterosexual too.

I had my doubts, because my dad wanted a boy named Samuel.

But the stork brought me!

So he named me Samuelle, which is nonsense.

Questioned my gender for ages, being half-daughter, half-son!

I'm also Adam's mum and that's far more...

- I'm sorry. - No harm done.

Hello.

Reception, hello.

Okay, I'll call right away.

Hello.

I'm Samuelle Berger and I need to stay for a while.

Have you seen seen the admissions' office?

No, I'm a patient of Dr Rodin.

- He's expecting me. - Okay, one minute.

So, a voluntary internment.

I'll give you a room. Wait there. I'll tell the doctor you're here.

Ave Marie

Racing Club's press conference is in one hour.

We change everything.

Paper and pens!

Right this way, please.

Take your seats. The conference room is over here

Empathy and simplicity That's all.

- Aren't we late? - No.

On time means you're nervous. We're not, we're innocent.

Marie, Marie, Marie!

Like many students, was a lost young soul

roaming amid dead-end curriculums called sociology and communications.

So I know what they teach.

To destroy knowledge.

Our left-wing snobs prefer the word “Deconstruction"!

Deconstruct what? Everything.

Think post-modern, DIY tutorial.

No, no, no, don't laugh.

This requires top-level dialectic dexterity

Just explain that the victim is guilty

and the culprit a victim.

One hell of a performance.

- Our deconstructors are virtuosos. - No, clowns!

How wrong you are!

It's exactly what the press conference

at Racing Club will prove.

Allow me to deliver a sneak preview.

Dear Fodé Thiam,

Under the eyes of your boss

and communication experts you are preparing to apologise.

As if a simple phrase could cleanse the humiliation

felt by millions of French citizens.

"I'm sorry.

The ultimate self-righteous trump card to shirk responsibility.

I rob an old lady. "Sorry, I'm poor.

Rape a woman. "Sorry, my sex life is barren.

Attack a teacher

Sorry, school didn't give me a chance.

But we can only wonder what a football player.

Spoiled, multimillionaire

violent and racist, will find as an excuse

Answer A.

I didn't win a prize, I'm angry.

Answer B.

Was drunk and lost control.

Seriously?

Answer C.

I'm a victim of systemic racism. My anger is legitimate.

Bingo! Answer C, of course!

- So, Mr Thiam... - It's Kinsky!

Let me teach you a nuance

a subtlety of our beautiful French language.

You don't say "I'm sorry" but “Please forgive me."

You don't impose your apologies but ask for forgiveness.

And I'm not sure we're ready to forgive you.

That bitch! What? Won't listen to that Nazi

Who's the Nazi now?

We can think what we want.

Shut up!

I'll end with a quote that might enlighten you.

"To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains.

"but to respect the freedom of others

Nelson Mandela.

What a fucking disaster.

- Calm down! - Ma'am, please sit down!

- Sir, calm down! - What's wrong, huh?

Follow me.

It's circus games. - It's Kinsky's video.

- I want Sam's number. - Don't change strategies mid-flight.

- Mr Marens, no! Don't be.. - Enough!

Please!

Mr Marens will be back!

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