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Ultras: Passion and Death

2026 · 1 season

A sober, unsettling look at how football devotion curdles into tribal violence, told through grief-stricken testimony and grim archival detail.

Created by
Pedro García Campos
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Manolo Lama, Paco González, Joan Gaspart
Overview
Ultras: Passion and Death is an HBO docuseries that explores the violent and deeply rooted Spanish "ultras" football fan movement by examining three specific tragedies that forever altered the nation's sporting and cultural landscape. The series uncovers how the passion of fandom can escalate into extreme aggression and tribalism.

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Created by
Pedro García Campos
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Manolo Lama, Paco González, Joan Gaspart
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • grief
  • obsession
  • identity
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Action3
Horror3
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
Pedro García Campos
Starring
Manolo Lama, Paco González, Joan Gaspart, Tomás Roncero, Lucas Uranga
Length
1 seasons, 3 episodes, 45 min each
Languages
Spanish

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