True Stories: Maradona
Tuesday 13th July, 10pm
The True Stories strand, which showcases the best international feature documentaries, presents double Cannes-winner Emir Kusturica's portrait of one of football's most extraordinary characters. Diego Maradona - reviled in England (the Hand of God), adored in Argentina, where he won the World Cup as a player and has (at press time) managed his team to the last eight in South Africa. Kusturica enjoyed unlimited access to the man himself and traces his story from the humblest of beginnings to world domination, followed by his fall from grace through drug abuse and weight problems before rehabilitation and rebirth. The result is an astonishing, personal story that is cemented by the strong personal bond between Kusturica and Maradona.
Dir: Emir Kusturica
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