The Black Meteor
6.8 /10 1 Votes
Director Guido Pieters Budget 2 million EUR Duration | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Sport Producer Matthijs van Heijningen Country Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Dutch
English
Afrikaans Release date 11 December 2000 Writer Tom Egbers (novel), Kees van Beijnum Cast Jet Novuka , Erik van der Horst , Gijs Scholten van Aschat , Peter Tuinman , Lieneke le Roux , Thekla Reuten Similar movies Related Guido Pieters movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Black Meteor is a 2000 Dutch film directed by Guido Pieters. The film is based on the novel by Tom Egbers, a Dutch sports journalist, which was adapted for the screen by Kees van Beijnum. The novel fictionalizes the story of Steve Mokone, the first black player to play in a professional European league.
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Plot
The movie is set in the 1950s, when soccer club SC Heracles from Almelo, in the rural east of the Netherlands, acquires an African player. Steve Mokone makes Heracles a successful team, while changing every aspect of life in the small city. Mokone builds a unique friendship with the 15-year-old Felix, but then leaves town as quickly as he came.
Reception
Scott Foundas, writing for Variety, was not overly positive, criticizing its "holier-than-thou coming of age/race relations" quality.
Cast
References
The Black Meteor WikipediaThe Black Meteor IMDb The Black Meteor themoviedb.org