The Day Diego Returned to the Azteca

A wistful, intimate documentary that lingers on memory, hero worship, and the fragile pull of a legendary return.

Directed by

Martín Fradkin

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Diego Maradona

Overview

The Day Diego Returned to the Azteca, a new ESPN Films documentary revisiting Diego Armando Maradona’s only return to Estadio Azteca in 2000, 14 years after leading Argentina to its historic World Cup win. The film tells the extraordinary and little-known story of Diego Armando Maradona’s only return to Estadio Azteca after leading Argentina to the 1986 FIFA World Cup title. Maradona returned to the stadium in 2000 while traveling from Cuba to Mexico for Boca Juniors’ Copa Libertadores semifinal against Club América.  

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest and warm. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Memory, celebrity, identity, aging

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

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