Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Directed by Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno
Produced by Anna Lena Films, Naflastrengir
An experimental documentary that transforms a single soccer match into an intimate, meditative portrait of genius through radical formal constraint and visual poetry.
Halfway between a sports documentary and an conceptual art installation, "Zidane" consists in a full-length soccer game (Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005) entirely filmed from the perspective of soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane.
Essence
Ensemble
Zinédine Zidane
Self
Ronaldo
Self (uncredited)
David Beckham
Self (uncredited)
Iker Casillas
Self (uncredited)
Míchel Salgado
Self (uncredited)
Roberto Carlos
Self (uncredited)
Francisco Pavón
Self (uncredited)
Raúl González
Self (uncredited)
Michael Owen
Self (uncredited)
Walter Samuel
Self (uncredited)
Borja Fernández
Self (uncredited)
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