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Entre los Barras Bravas

2011 · 57 min

A grim, immersive plunge into fanatical football tribalism and organized crime, reported with urgency and a mounting sense of menace.

Directed by
Jon Sistiaga
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jon Sistiaga, Alejandro Flores, Monica Nizardo
Overview
Jon Sistiaga gives an inside and outside look into Argentina's Barra Bravas, the world's most violent football fans, who besides being radical fanatics for their club, they're organized as true mafias.

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Directed by
Jon Sistiaga
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jon Sistiaga, Alejandro Flores, Monica Nizardo
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    Themes
    • violence
    • crime
    • obsession
    • power
    • corruption
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language strong
    • Violence strong
    • Sex none
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    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism10
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Jon Sistiaga
    Starring
    Jon Sistiaga, Alejandro Flores, Monica Nizardo, Diego Murzi, Fabian Crudeli, Ricardo Darín, Ricardo Pavone, Gustavo Grabia
    Cinematography
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    Runtime
    57 min
    Country
    Spain
    Languages
    Spanish

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