La Ligne droite

La Ligne droite is a 2011 French drama film co-written and directed by Régis Wargnier which focuses on the sport of blind running. It stars Rachida Brakni, Cyril Descours, Clémentine Célarié, and Seydina Baldé. The film was given a limited release on 9 March 2011. Cast Rachida Brakni as Leïla Cyril Descours as Yannick Clémentine Célarié as Marie-Claude Seydina Baldé as Franck Thierry Godard as Jacques Grégory Gadebois as Vincent Trésor Makunda as Martial Aladji Ba as Aladji Romain Goupil as teacher Synopsis Leaving prison after five years, Leïla meets a young track athlete Yannick, who has only recently lost his sight in a car accident. He had been 400m relay runner but now has to race attached to another runner, his 'guide'. As Leïla had been an elite athlete before she went to jail, hiding her recent past, she returns to a sports centre where Yannick proposes that she becomes his guide. Yannick struggles to adjust to his situation, but the training and race preparations help both of them to rebuild their lives. In the 'Making-of' feature which accompanies the DVD issue, Wargnier and the two principal actors describe how the final scenes had to be changed and re-written due an injury sustained by Brakni during filming. Originally it was Leïla who would guide Yannick in the culminating championship race, but the plot was changed so that Franck guides Yannick in his victory, while Leïla watches from the stands. Descours comments that when after winning Yannick says to Leïla that he did it for her, he and the rest of the crew also did it for Rachida.