By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
Now becoming one of the most dominant athletes in not only the sport, but the world at this point, French phenom Leon Marchand is the headlined feature in a French docuseries titles Leon Marchand, Beyond Gold, which is produced by Quad Group’s Yann Le Bourbouac’h, the producer behind Netflix series Tour de France: Unchained, and directed by Sacha Vučinić and Leon’s Father, Xavier Marchand.
The series will be split into three parts, and was teased to audiences at the Series Mania Festival in Lille. It follows Marchand over the year following his massive performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics, which saw him bring home four individual golds, including both the 200 and 400 IMs, and both the 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly.
According to a report from Variety, the series will take an “character-driven approach,” which Le Bourbouac’h developed in partnership with Xavier Marchand, who also boasts an impressive swimming resume of his own, including a pair of Olympic appearances (1996 and 2000), and a 1998 World Championships silver in the 200 IM.
One of the biggest pieces of this project was the partnership between Le Bourbouac’h and the Marchand family, hence the product being co-produced by CLOX, which is “Marchand’s vehicle, which he runs with his parents and brother.”
“What we filmed over the course of that year was Leon, who, after the Olympics, felt that the image people were painting of him — because he’d won a medal — was distorted,” said Le Bourbouac’h in a report from Variety. “There were things that were false about who he was and all that. He wanted to set the record straight, and above all, he wanted to explain what his life was really like — that it wasn’t as rosy as people seemed to make it out to be.”
Le Bourbouac’h explains how this, in a sense, is a coming-of-age story, as it documents how Marchand, at just 22 years old, navigated this massive change in his life following an Olympic performance that immediately locked him atop the greatest athletes on the planet.
Marchand has also already gained sponsorships and developed partnerships with some of the biggest companies in the world. Part of his special hopes is to drive home that he was successful beyond the money and public angles.
“Because people were saying he’d won four medals thanks to Louis Vuitton and Nike partnerships. He wanted to say: ‘To get here, guys, I work every single day,’” Le Bourbouac’h said.
The docuseries also shines a light on Marchand as he embraces his next steps in life, transitioning into adulthood following his graduation with a degree in engineering.
“It’s about a son who leaves for good.” Le Bourbouac’h described to Variety. “At this end of the journey, he’s no longer Léon Marchand; he’s just Léon. You see that the father watching his son truly blossom and, on top of that, succeed in his studies.”
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