ABOUT THE FILM
An entire football match filmed from the perspective of soccer hero Zinedine Zidane (father of this year’s Algerian goalie, Luca Zidane). High-art comes to the pitch for this ambitious project hailed widely as a groundbreaking new direction in sports films. At a 2005 match between Villarreal versus Real Madrid, seventeen cameras were utilized by filmmakers Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno to capture Zidane from multiple angles rather than the soccer ball. Using effects, slo-mo, and a soundtrack by Scottish band Mogwai, the directors create the opportunity of stepping into one of the shoes of one of the most famous soccer players of all time.