Bochy et les Bleus

Film by Scott Stevenson (2025)
Running time: 77 mins

What happens when three-time World Series champion Bruce Bochy is tasked with leading a ragtag group of players representing France, a nation where baseball is pretty much invisible? Can Bochy’s magic touch transform its national team into winners, qualify them for the World Baseball Classic, and help bring them attention, resources and respect?

In “Bochy et Les Bleus”, director and American expat Scott Stevenson – both a Bochy fan and a former coach in French youth baseball — follows this unlikely crew on a seemingly endless roller-coaster ride, from Tucson, Arizona to Toulouse, France and all the way to Bavaria, as they push to achieve their individual and collective dreams. Early victories, shared enthusiasm and Bruce Bochy’s serenity-inducing leadership lead to the greatest of expectations, while the inherent poverty of French baseball, injuries and a certain pandemic pull the adventure into a completely different place. Through it all, Bruce Bochy guides the players — French, but also, surprisingly, Venezuelans, Dominicans, Americans and Japanese — to continue giving it their all, for the team, in the name of the love of the game. As the qualifying tournament finally approaches, nothing is guaranteed…

In English and French with subtitles