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The Champion

2019 · 105 min

A warm, easy-going odd-couple story where a brash athlete and a quiet teacher slowly bring out the best in each other.

Directed by
Leonardo D'Agostini
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Stefano Accorsi, Andrea Carpenzano, Ludovica Martino
Overview
Christian is an extremely talented as well as unpredictable football player. After his latest screw-up, the president of his team decides to assign him a personal tutor, to help him in controlling his temper. Valerio is a shy and solitary professor, the exact opposite of the champion. Sparks will fly between the two at first, but soon their relationship will change both for the better.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Leonardo D'Agostini
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Stefano Accorsi, Andrea Carpenzano, Ludovica Martino
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • friendship
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Leonardo D'Agostini
Written by
Giulia Louise Steigerwalt
Starring
Stefano Accorsi, Andrea Carpenzano, Ludovica Martino, Anita Caprioli, Mario Sgueglia, Massimo Popolizio, Yuliia Sobol, Douglas Dean
Cinematography
Michele Paradisi
Runtime
105 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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