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Champions

Original title: Campeones
  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
12K
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Champions (2018)
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BasketballComedyDramaFamilySport

A basketball coach is sentenced to community service, forced to work with a team of mentally disabled players.A basketball coach is sentenced to community service, forced to work with a team of mentally disabled players.A basketball coach is sentenced to community service, forced to work with a team of mentally disabled players.

  • Director
    • Javier Fesser
  • Writers
    • David Marqués
    • Javier Fesser
  • Stars
    • Javier Gutiérrez
    • Athenea Mata
    • Juan Margallo
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    12K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Javier Fesser
    • Writers
      • David Marqués
      • Javier Fesser
    • Stars
      • Javier Gutiérrez
      • Athenea Mata
      • Juan Margallo
    • 26User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 13 wins & 31 nominations total

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    Javier Gutiérrez
    Javier Gutiérrez
    • Marco
    Athenea Mata
    • Sonia
    Juan Margallo
    Juan Margallo
    • Julio
    José de Luna
    • Juanma
    Sergio Olmos
    • Sergio
    Jesús Vidal
    Jesús Vidal
    • Marín
    Gloria Ramos
    • Collantes
    Alberto Nieto Ferrández
    • Benito
    • (as Alberto Nieto)
    Julio Fernández
    • Fabián
    Jesús Lago
    • Jesús
    • (as Jesús Lago Solís)
    Fran Fuentes
    • Paquito
    Roberto Chinchilla
    • Román
    Stefan López
    • Manuel
    Luisa Gavasa
    Luisa Gavasa
    • Amparo
    Luis Bermejo
    Luis Bermejo
    • Compañero de Sonia
    Daniel Freire
    Daniel Freire
    • Carrascosa
    Mariano Llorente
    • Iván
    Laura Barba
    Laura Barba
    • Jueza
    • Director
      • Javier Fesser
    • Writers
      • David Marqués
      • Javier Fesser
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews26

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    10feguillena

    A plea for humanity

    ..tells in a humorous way. An appeal to all of us....who forget the real meaning of life.
    7alvaropnavas

    A heartfelt story that could have done without the foul language

    Campeones by Javier Fesser is a beautiful and tender film with an inspiring message about inclusion, humanity, and the unifying power of sport. It's touching, funny, and heartfelt - the kind of story that can open young minds to important values like empathy, teamwork, and respect.

    That said, I believe the film misses an opportunity to be truly family-friendly. The main character's frequent use of bad language feels unnecessary, especially considering the overall tone and message of the movie. You can portray someone as frustrated, angry, or even disrespectful without leaning so heavily on "palabrotas." This overuse limits the movie's suitability for younger audiences, which is unfortunate given how much they could benefit from its core message.

    Still, Campeones succeeds in many ways, especially in its honest portrayal of people with intellectual disabilities - not as stereotypes, but as fully-fledged characters with charm, humor, and heart. A wonderful film, but one that could have reached even more people with a bit more restraint in the script.
    9rajnot

    Best movie

    One of the best movie made.. realistic and heart warming. It shows how disable we are judging people by looks and behaviors.. Pretty sure whoever watches this movie won't get disappointed..
    10mariamianowska

    Brutal!!!!! Soooo funny

    Non stop laughing!!!!! I think one of the best Spanish comedy
    8francescgo

    It's good to be predictable when your focus is your message

    This tender and beautifully made movie is quite obvious and predictable. But it is worth to sacrifice originality when your goal is to focus in the moral message. And this movie has a strong an powerful moral message, so overwhelming that it makes you feel almost like in a church listening a sermon of an old and good hearted priest. It is like 2 hours of visual Aesop greek fables where the characters, instead of animals, are archetypical humans. The most important critic is to our own Spanish history: the National Basketball team cheated in the Paralympic Games of Sydney 2000, because 10 out of 12 of our basketball players did not have any mental disability. They won the gold medal, but they had to return it afterwards. Also the film showcases the extraordinary negative consequences of hyper protective parenthood in raising narcissistic people, completely immature in their 30s an 40s to the point that they can not endure the risks and challenges of sustaining a relationship, facing rejection or creating a family. Specially consistent during the whole film is the critic to our society, based in success over experience, performance over playfulness, fitness over kindness, dominance over community. Finally, the most subtle but powerful subversive message in the movie is questioning to which extent are sick and poisoned the people that consider ourselves "normal". Much of our "normality" might be counter productive, to the point to make us too rigid, cold hearted and stressed because of our own insane standards. All the special basketball players of this special team show us that most of the times it's ok to look silly, to do something stupid or to fail constantly, because they still have each other. So many of us can not say the same.

    This movie is such a nice, entertaining, sweet and tender way of reflecting about all these moral values. It's been selected to compete for the Oscar to the best foreign film, but honestly I think they have no chance. We are still too much into an Instagram Age to take a movie like this one seriously.

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    • Trivia
      Looking for more realism, director Javier Fesser wanted non-professional actors, but real-life disabled people for the basketball team. All of them make their debut with this movie.
    • Goofs
      The employee of the shop looks very much after his motor home, and he is very reluctant to lend it. As an example of how much he takes care of the van, he mentions that he uses 98 octane petrol (gas). Motor homes in Spain (except for a few very old ones) run on diesel.
    • Quotes

      Marco: My job is to train normal players. These guys aren't players, or normal.

      Julio: And who is normal, Marco? Are you and I normal?

    • Crazy credits
      There is one more scene just before the closing credits are complete.
    • Alternate versions
      Remade several times in different countries and languages: "Champions" (2021, Saudi Arabia); "Weil wir Champions sind" (2022, German TV Movie); "Champions" (2023, USA); "Sitaare Zameen Par" (announced 2023, in post-production January 2025, indian).
    • Connections
      Featured in Premios Goya 33 edición (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Pick and Roll
      Written by Rafael Arnau (as Rafa Arnau)

      Performed by Los Floros and Pablo Sanpa (guitar)

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    • Release date
      • April 6, 2018 (Spain)
    • Country of origin
      • Spain
    • Official sites
      • Morena Films
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Somos campeones
    • Filming locations
      • Islantilla, Isla Cristina/Lepe, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain(Hotel de Canarias)
    • Production companies
      • Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO)
      • Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)
      • Marenostrum Producciones
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €4,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $27,344,401
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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