THE LAST HONEST TRY

Synopsis

Saint-Aurèle-sur-Orbe once lived from a paper mill, a railway depot, and the stubborn pride of its rugby club. Now the mill is shuttered, the station barely served, and every election promise seems to end beneath the floodlights of Stade des Micocouliers. When Marc Delmas, a former Top 14 flanker whose career ended with a ruined knee and a quieter ruin of confidence, returns home to coach Rugby Club Aurélois, the town treats him as a last chance.