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Diego Maradona (2019)

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Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the career of celebrated football player Diego Armando Maradona, who played for S.S.C. Napoli in the 1980s.

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Asif Kapadia
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Credited cast:
Pelé ... Himself (archive footage)
Diego Armando Maradona ... Himself (voice) (archive footage) (as Diego Maradona)
Claudia Villafañe Claudia Villafañe ... Herself (voice) (archive footage)
Dalma Maradona Dalma Maradona ... Herself (archive footage)
Diego Maradona Jr. Diego Maradona Jr. ... Himself (archive footage)
Jorge Burruchaga ... Himself (archive footage)
Gianinna Maradona Gianinna Maradona ... Herself (archive footage)
Italo Cucci Italo Cucci ... Himself (archive footage)
Fernando Signorini Fernando Signorini ... Himself (voice) (archive footage)
Giovanni Marino Giovanni Marino ... Himself (voice)
Maria Rosa Maradona Maria Rosa Maradona ... Herself (voice)
Dalma Maradona Dalma Maradona ... Herself (archive footage) (as Doña Tota Maradona)
Víctor Hugo Morales Víctor Hugo Morales ... Himself (voice)
Gianni Minà Gianni Minà ... Himself (voice)
Diego Maradona Sr. Diego Maradona Sr. ... Himself (archive footage) (as Don Diego Maradona)
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Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the career of celebrated football player Diego Armando Maradona, who played for S.S.C. Napoli in the 1980s.

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Italian | Catalan | English | Spanish

Release Date:

14 June 2019 (UK) See more »

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Filming Locations:

Naples, Italy

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Former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton said that he, along with several other former England players, declined an invitation to attend the movie's UK premiere because they were playing darts. See more »

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Diego Armando Maradona: When you're on the field, the life goes away, the problems go away, everything goes away!
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The Italians are the Villains in this Story
13 October 2019 | by leftbanker-1See all my reviews

So, Napoli and a lot of the south of Italy is basically run by gangsters, yet the legal authorities chose to go after an Argentinian footballer who had been responsible for "the sewer of Italy*" winning its first football title in forever. What a sack of ungrateful creeps! They should all be so ashamed of themselves. When Argentina eliminated Italy in Napoli, did the Italians expect Maradona to take a dive?

Maradona wasn't driven out of football through his own excesses, it was the vengeful Italians who killed his career when he still had many years left to play. It's sad to think about what else he could have achieved in the sport had they not vilified him in the city that he had almost single-handed raised out of its nadir.

I hope Italy never wins another title. They don't deserve it. I was so happy when Spain eliminated them in penalties in the 2008 Eurocopa and then humiliated them in the Eurocopa final in 2012.

*"The sewer of Italy" describing Napoli aren't my words, but those of other Italians mocking this city considered a backwater (or much, much worse) before Diego Maradona raised its prestige through his play on the pitch.


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