Soccer Stories
Three vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals: football.
Three vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals: football.
Daniel Muñoz
Carlos González (segment "No le crea")
Fernando Gallardo
Don Angel Villablanca (segment "No le crea")
Boris Quercia
Rene (segment "Pasión de multitudes")
Néstor Cantillana
Francisco (segment "Pasión de multitudes")
Rodolfo Pulgar
Ramiro (segment "Pasión de multitudes")
María Izquierdo
Manuela Seron (segment "Pasión de multitudes")
Elsa Poblete
Elsira Seron (segment "Pasión de multitudes")
Hector Avendaño
Fernando (segment "Último gol gana")
Manuel Aravena
Pablo (segment "Último gol gana")
Three vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals: football.
Dramatisation of the true story of the life of Neil "Nello" Baldwin. Born with a mild learning disability but without the burden of social embarrassment & how his inexhaustible ability to see the good in any situation overcame any stigma society tried to label him with.
Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Freddie Steinmark, an underdog on the gridiron, faces the toughest challenge of his life after leading his team to a championship season.
A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.
During the 1950 World Cup, the hastily assembled U.S. soccer team enters as heavy underdogs when matched up against the highest-ranked team in competition — England.
A motley crew of young boys in Colombia lives only for one passion: soccer. But when their precious new ball rolls into a minefield, their dreams are suddenly on hold. Even as the village becomes the center of a tug-of-war between right-wing paramilitary groups and leftist guerrillas, the idea of a rescue attempt is too tempting to resist.
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.
In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far away, an environmental activist contemplates the terrible image of an elephant, dead and fangless. Not only do you have to fight against poaching, but you will also have to meet the problems of your newly arrived daughter from Spain. Thousands of kilometers to the north, in Melilla, a group of civil guards prepare to face the furious crowd of sub-Saharan people who have begun the assault on the fence. Three stories linked by a central theme, in which none of its protagonists know that their destinies are doomed to cross and that their lives will no longer be the same.