Maradona (film)

Infobox Film | name =Maradona


caption = Maradona and Kusturica
director = Emir Kusturica
producer =
writer = Emir Kusturica
starring = Diego Maradona
music = Stribor Kusturica
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =
released = May, 2008
runtime =
language = English / Italian / Serbian / Spanish
budget =
imdb_id = 0454976

"Maradona" is a documentary on the life of Argentine footballer Diego Maradona, directed by the award-winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica. The documentary which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2008.

Kusturica stated the following regarding the filmFact|date=August 2008:

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* It is the first film that will treat all the aspects of the life of Maradona.
* The film will be very complex to make, because I want to show the true personality of Maradona. Football is a science of great mathematical precision !
* The film ends when the former football player being in good health, and has no more addiction to drugs.
* The film will show "the three Maradonas" I've discovered during the shooting: the football teacher, the politically incorrect citizen against the unilateral politics of the USA and the family man. These three Diegos will be in the end of the film I will shoot in the Aztec Stadium in Mexico, where Diego scored one of his most famous goals, during the World Cup 1986 against the English team.

External links

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* [http://www.dhennin.com/kusturica/v2/_maradona_en.html "Maradona" Preview] at Kustu.com