The players in front of the camera usually does not produce great results (John Huston had tried even with Pelé), but Ken Loach the brave experiment worked quite well. The English, moreover, already in the brilliant episode Tickets had shown an affinity with the world of football. The phenomenon in question is the Frenchman Eric Cantona, former Manchester United star, who Eric ( Ken Loach - 2009), plays himself in a light comedy, but where there are the classic themes of the film: the protagonist of the story, in fact, is a typical working class hero struggling with the daily dramas of a life complicated. Big fan of football, will begin to get the appearances of his idol, who will provide interesting advice and small petty philosophy lessons. Much of the success of the film is due to the self-ironic verve of that Cantona, who always gives the impression of being perfectly at ease in part (a must, then, the sketch to reporters in the credits). It is a film that differs only in part by film Loach, that does not give up, despite the bright colors, to represent the social unrest in the suburbs of a large English city, where the passion for soccer is a highly distinctive element.
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