Messi (film)
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Director Alex de la Iglesia Country Argentina, Spain | 7.6/10 IMDb Duration Language Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date August 27, 2014 (2014-08-27) (Venice Film Festival)
January 1, 2015 (2015-01-01) Writer Jorge Valdano Saenz de Ugarte, Jorge Valdano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Messi is a 2014 documentary film directed by Alex de la Iglesia. The film explores the rise of association football player Lionel Messi. The film was released on 1 January 2015.
Contents
His teachers, coaches, childhood friends and Barça teammates, together with journalists, writers and prominent figures from the history of football, come together in a restaurant to analyze and pick apart Messi's personality both on and off the field, and to look back at some of the most significant moments in his life. Viewed from Álex de la Iglesia's unique perspective, Messi recreates the player's childhood and teenage years, from his very first steps, with a football always at his feet, through to the decision to leave Rosario for Barcelona, the separation from his family, and the role played in his career by individuals such as Ronaldinho, Rijkaard, Rexach and Guardiola.
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Production
The film focuses on Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, from his youth in Rosario to becoming one of the worlds greatest players for Barcelona, and features Jorge Valdano discussing the qualities of Messi with Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff and former Argentina manager Cesar Luis Menotti. In making the film, Iglesia said he was influenced by Orson Welles Citizen Kane and Woody Allens Broadway Danny Rose. The film was produced by Mediapro and distributed by Film Factory.
Reception
After the films premiere during the Venice Film Festival in 2014, Andrew Barker of Variety wrote that "the film is well shot and very briskly edited" and praised the choice to include figures throughout Messis career and to not include Messi himself, but complained about that they "never interact in particularly interesting ways" and also highlighted the lack of insight into his character.
References
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