STANDARD, LE FILM
Benjamin Marquet

O.V. French

Welcome to the hell that is Sclessin. To the untrained eye it looks like a football stadium, but for die-hard Standard fans it’s more like a cathedral, the holy of holies. They have names like Francis, Nadine, Chris or Sebastien and they only have eyes for their “Rouches” (as they pronounce the rouge of the Liège side’s jerseys). They were born Standard, live and die Standard. The team’s recent variable results, while inviting unfavourable comparisons to past glories, can’t dampen...