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Take the Ball, Pass the Ball

2018 · 107 min

An exhilarating, intimate look at footballing genius, blending thrilling match footage with candid, emotional reflections from the men who lived it.

Directed by
Duncan McMath
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Pep Guardiola, Lionel Messi, Xavi
Tagline
The Making of the Greatest Team in the World
Overview
Take the Ball, Pass the Ball is the definitive story of the greatest football team ever assembled. For four explosive years, Pep Guardiola's Barça produced the greatest football in history, seducing fans around the world. In this exclusive, first-hand account of events between 2008 and 2012, the players themselves reveal the tension of the bitter Guardiola-Mourinho rivalry, the emotion of Abidal's fight back from cancer to lift the European Cup and how Messi, the best footballer the world's ever seen, was almost rejected by Barça as a 13-year-old.

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  • Disney Plus
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Directed by
Duncan McMath
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Pep Guardiola, Lionel Messi, Xavi
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Tone
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • sport
  • ambition
  • friendship
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Duncan McMath
Written by
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Starring
Pep Guardiola, Lionel Messi, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Gerard Piqué, Sergio Busquets, Carles Puyol, Thierry Henry
Runtime
107 min
Country
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Languages
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