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The Football Boys

2015 · 78 min

A patient, observational look at scouts sifting thousands of hopeful kids, quietly absorbing the weight of dreams and long odds.

Tagline
Illusion hunters, talent makers
Overview
The talent scouts of the Boca Juniors athletic club travel the most remote clubs, courts and paddocks with the aim of discovering the future cracks of Argentine football. The film takes a close look at the work of evaluating more than 40,000 boys, looking to find the most talented.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • ambition
    • work
    • class
    • identity
    Places
    • countryside
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Jorge Leandro Colás
    Written by
    Jorge Leandro Colás
    Starring
    Horacio García, Norberto Madurga, Hugo Perotti, Ramón Maddoni, Diego Mazzilli, Roberto Madoery, Heber Mastrangelo, José Malleo
    Runtime
    78 min
    Country
    Argentina
    Languages
    Spanish

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