The King's Court

Client

Richard Mille

Role

Direction, Art Direction, Production, Postproduction

How do you shed fresh light on one of the planet’s most mediatised sportspeople? By taking things right back to basics. Focusing on one simple objective. Scoring a single point. Far from all distractions. Far from the spotlight. This is Rafa Nadal. The man, the legend as you’ve never seen him before…

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So much depends on a moment. In practice, it’s the difference between a clean strike and a lost ball. At Roland Garros, it can be the ecstasy of victory vs the agony of defeat.  And in a MilleDollars film, it’s distilling down the essence of tennis superstar Rafa Nadal into a few glorious seconds. 

This project was simply unforgettable for a number of reasons. First, the heat of the Balearic midday sun was intense. Then, thick red dust kept rising up from the clay court, coating everything. And finally, the indefatigable MilleDollars Crew creating pure magic, operating without stopping in perfect unison.

“That didn’t FEEL like work,” said the great man, once wrapped. And then with a firm handshake it was all over. Forever immortalised on film, as in each of our memories.