United Passions (2014)
If you watch the World Cup every year, you might be interested in how it originated. If so, you can check out the movie United Passions. From the founding of FIFA to the first World Cup, through various presidencies of the organization, the movie packs quite a bit into its running time.
Serge Hazanavicius, Antonio de la Torre, and Gérard Depardieu are the starting players, and as their goal to bring FIFA to the international forefront becomes achievable, other stars join the cast. Sam Neill and Tim Roth play less-than-reputable characters, and be on the lookout for Fisher Stevens in the supporting cast.
The movie itself was funded by FIFA, which is pretty cool, and there’s a touching segment in the end that shows real footage with Nelson Mandela. If you’re not a World Cup watcher, or if you know absolutely nothing about sports, you’ll probably be bored to tears. Then again, you probably won’t rent this movie in the first place. Most of the story isn’t about playing sports, though, rather the organization, red tape, and corruption once it grows. Like everything else in the world, the more people you add to the mix, the more complicated it gets.
More Gérard Depardieu movies here!
Serge Hazanavicius, Antonio de la Torre, and Gérard Depardieu are the starting players, and as their goal to bring FIFA to the international forefront becomes achievable, other stars join the cast. Sam Neill and Tim Roth play less-than-reputable characters, and be on the lookout for Fisher Stevens in the supporting cast.
The movie itself was funded by FIFA, which is pretty cool, and there’s a touching segment in the end that shows real footage with Nelson Mandela. If you’re not a World Cup watcher, or if you know absolutely nothing about sports, you’ll probably be bored to tears. Then again, you probably won’t rent this movie in the first place. Most of the story isn’t about playing sports, though, rather the organization, red tape, and corruption once it grows. Like everything else in the world, the more people you add to the mix, the more complicated it gets.
More Gérard Depardieu movies here!