Soccer City (2011)
Welcome to Alex, South Africa's most notorious township where soccer is lived, not played.
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー, ドラマ
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演出 : Nick Fitzhugh
シノプシス
Race. Class. Poverty. Faith. Hope. Soccer. Welcome to Alex––the largest and most notorious township in South Africa where soccer is lived, not played. With the first ever FIFA World Cup in Africa as a backdrop, witness the cultural importance of soccer in township South Africa through the lives of five individuals born and raised in the oldest and toughest of South Africa’s townships, Alexandra, locally known as ‘Alex.’ Seventeen-year-old dribbling sensation Nancy ‘Maradona’ Majola, former national team player Isaac ‘Shakes’ Kungwane, current professional Patrick ‘Raiden’ Phungwayo, 69-year-old Jacob ‘Babes’ Bopape one of the first professional soccer players in South Africa, and scholarship-winner Ricardo ‘Rico’ Kutumela will all take you into a culture dominated by soccer and into a storied township still largely unknown and misunderstood even among South Africans.
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スラムで育った少年がサッカーに目覚め、ブラジルをW杯で優勝させることを決意し、“サッカーの王様”と呼ばれるまでになるまでを描いたスポーツ・ドラマ。20世紀最高のサッカー選手と称される、ペレの人生を家族愛とともに綴っている。
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第二次大戦下のドイツ捕虜収容所。連合軍捕虜の気晴らしだったサッカーが、いつしか連合軍とドイツ・チームの対決に発展。大観衆が見守る試合中、捕虜チームは脱走計画を実行しようとするが……。
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大恐慌時代に活躍した実在のボクサー、ジム・ブラドックの伝説を映画化した感動の物語。貧困のなか、家族を養うためだけに戦い、ヘヴィ級チャンピオンとなった小市民を、巨匠ロン・ハワード監督が情感たっぷりに描く。迫力満点のファイト・シーンの撮影も見事。
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“黄金の右”と呼ばれるサッカー選手ファンは、チームメイトのハンが持ちかけた八百長試合に荷担したことがきっかけで自慢の脚を折られてしまった。夢半ばで諦めざるを得なかったファン。それから20年、ファンは、いまやサッカー界の首領として君臨するハンの雑用係にまで落ちぶれていた。そんなある日、ファンは街で不思議な青年シンと出会う。少林拳を信奉する彼は、くず拾いをしながら道行く人に少林拳を説いて回っていた。ファンはふとしたことからシンの超人的な脚力を見抜き、自らがなし得なかった夢をシンに託すべく、彼にサッカーを教え込むのだった。
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女子テニスプレーヤーのビリー・ジーン・キング（エマ・ストーン）は、女子選手の優勝賞金が男子選手の8分の1であることなど男性優位主義に不満を募らせていた。男女平等を求めるために仲間とテニス協会を脱退した彼女は、女子選手の地位向上を掲げた女子テニス協会を立ち上げる。そんなビリーに元男子チャンピオンのボビー・リッグス（スティーヴ・カレル）が男性優位主義代表として対決を申し込むが、それには妻に逃げられた彼にとっての人生逆転の意味合いもあった。
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