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Working Class Ballet

2007 · 49 min

A thoughtful, talky documentary that drifts between roaring stadium crowds and quiet musings, asking you to watch football as a mirror of life.

Directed by
Roberts Vinovskis
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Aleksandrs Starkovs, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Paul Broks
Overview
The European championship football madness, drunken "experts" at the provincial stadium, the backstage of National team, raving fans at the streets of Paris and Lisbon. Football is a sport and entertainment through possibly there is more to the game. In the film "Working Class Ballet" philosophers, linguists, neuropsychologist and football coach are contemplating on the parallels between football and drama of life, forming an unusual tale on what football is or could be.

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Directed by
Roberts Vinovskis
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Aleksandrs Starkovs, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Paul Broks
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • sport
    • identity
    • obsession
    • class
    Places
    • big city
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action3
    Horror0
    Humour4
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Roberts Vinovskis
    Written by
    Roberts Vinovskis
    Starring
    Aleksandrs Starkovs, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Paul Broks, Andreas Solbach, Gunter Gebauer, Alexander Piatigorsky, Andreas Huetig, Frank Kraushaar
    Cinematography
    Kaspars Braķis, Roberts Vinovskis
    Runtime
    49 min
    Country
    Latvia
    Languages
    English, Russian

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