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Maradona by Kusturica

  • 20082008
  • 1h 30m
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6.7/10
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Maradona by Kusturica (2008)
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A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player.A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player.A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player.
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    • Emir Kusturica
  • Stars
    • Ernesto Cantu(voice)
    • Fidel Castro
    • Manu Chao
    • Emir Kusturica
  • Stars
    • Ernesto Cantu(voice)
    • Fidel Castro
    • Manu Chao
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    • 15User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
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    Ernesto Cantu
    Ernesto Cantu
    • Spanish Voice overs
    • (voice)
    Fidel Castro
    Fidel Castro
    • Self
    Manu Chao
    Manu Chao
    • Self
    Hugo Chávez
    Hugo Chávez
    • Self
    Emir Kusturica
    Emir Kusturica
    • Self
    Diego Maradona
    Diego Maradona
    • Self
    • (as Diego Armando Maradona)
    Evo Morales
    Evo Morales
    • Self
    Claudia Villafañe
    • Self
    Lucas Fuica
    • Maradonian Church member
    • (uncredited)
      • Emir Kusturica
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    9/10
    One of the best films on sport
    Maradona by Kusturica isn't a film about soccer. It is not really a film about sport. It is a film about hope, glory, divine talent and the shortcomings and greatness of human beings. It's about love, despair and eternal matters.

    At one point Kusturica asks Maradona which movie star he would want to be, and Maradona immediately answers De Niro in "Raging Bull". "He wanted to knock down everything", Maradona says "I wanted to score goal".

    Music plays an important role in this film, as in all of Kusturica's work. Both Argentinian tango and the punk rock of the Sex Pistols seem to contain some of the mysterious energy that whirls around Maradona.

    Maradona's football is irresistible. It compels the audience. When this magical and spiritual force is expressed through the classic story of the underdog fighting his way to the top just to fall down again, we are moved, and cannot help it. It is our own story.

    Our hero is a martian, a revolutionary, a cocaine addict and a guilt- ridden father and husband. He is not shamed by the fact that he cheated in a world cup match while being watched by hundreds of millions. His regret is that he got high at his daughter's birthday party.

    This is not only the story of the greatest football player the world has ever seen, it is also the story of USA vs Latin America, of NATO vs Yugoslavia, of the prince of Wales vs the poor boy from the slums.

    Kusturica manages to capture all this in his film, and in doing so he makes us consider grace.

    Truly a great film.
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    • bodwin
    • Aug 4, 2009

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      • May 28, 2008 (France)
      • Spain
      • France
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      • English
      • Italian
      • Serbo-Croatian
      • Spanish
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      • Pentagrama Films
      • Telecinco Cinema
      • Wild Bunch
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