DIEGO MARADONA
Academy Award®-winning director Asif Kapadia (AMY) takes an unprecedented look at the meteoric rise and abrupt fall of Argentinian soccer superstar Diego Maradona in this immersive portrait of an icon. Piecing together more than 500 hours of previously unseen footage, Kapadia covers Maradona's difficult family life, his massive fame as the captain of the Napoli and Argentinian national soccer teams, his run-ins with the mafia and everything in between. On the pitch he was a god, but all good things must come to an end — even for this idol of the soccer world. Official Selection, 2019 Cannes, Karlovy Vary and Locarno film festivals. DIR/SCR Asif Kapadia; PROD James Gay-Rees, Paul Martin. Argentina/UK, 2019, color, 130 min. In English and Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
No AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 130 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, September 21, 2019
Genre: Documentary - sports
