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Why would you love football?
"Football is synonymous with childhood and the neighborhood," asserts an interviewee in ‘La soledad del jugador de banda’ (‘The Loneliness of the Left Wing-Back’). Through the analogy between football and cinema, this documentary addresses the social, community, and identity-shaping power of the sport. Set against the backdrop of the working-class neighborhoods in southern Madrid, it reveals the desire to make films and the opportunities available to the working class to do so. Thus emerges a metacinematic narrative to reflect on form and the implications of creators and their desires. Furthermore, it explores how the communities built around football interact with the "other"—with the marginalized—through homophobia and machismo in sports. The filmmaker lays himself bare to tell his story as a fan, a player, a queer individual, and an aspiring filmmaker.
October 5, 2024
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
28 people
Víctor López Mínguez
Author
Directing
Jesús Mínguez Sepúlveda
Interviewee
Acting
Tomás Parrilla
Footballer
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Pablo de la Serna
Goalkeeper
Editing
José Manuel Moreno
Interviewee
Acting
Juan Pedro Molina
Interviewee
Acting
Alex Gabriel Dita
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Acting
Rafael Escobar
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Acting
Ventura Zambrana
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Acting
Sheyla Andrino
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Acting
Irene López Mínguez
Camerawoman & Model
Acting
Raúl Espejo
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