
Marion: Short Review. By Joe Muldoon.
Marion (Caroline Noguès-Larbère, playing a semi-fictionalised version of herself), the only female bull-jumper in France, is minutes away from her debut. As they stand at the urinal, even her fellow jumpers —those upon whom Marion depends in case things go wrong— voice their doubts, scoffing at the prospect of babysitting her in the arena, entirely unaware of Marion’s presence.
And even with such an occasion looming, Marion’s ex-partner hurriedly arrives with their young daughter, Emilie (Chloé Bugard), and forces her upon her mother. Even after showing adversity in the face of misogyny, Marion isn’t relieved of the self-sacrificial expectations imposed upon mothers. Leaving her daughter in the changing room to pray for her safety and to be away from the spectacle, Marion steps into the arena, and so begins the show.
Written and directed by duo Joe Weiland and Finn Constantine, Marion is a compact, impactful story of resilience. Beautifully shot, the short shines a new light upon a controversial sport, blending reality with fiction, capturing the hair-raising acrobatics and stuntwork practiced by bull-jumpers. Though not quite a documentary and containing some fictionalised exchanges, one overarching theme is unshakeable, and inescapably real; the crushing onus forced upon women to be selfless, even when it’s their moment.
By Joe Muldoon.
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