It says a lot about the popularity of the International Football Federation (FIFA) after corruption scandal that has rocked the world of football in recent weeks.
The French film is said to be ordered by FIFA and associated paid around 180 of the 212 million it cost to produce it. British actor Tim Roth has sat on the role of the corruption accused the president Sepp Blatter, who recently decided that he will resign.
“United Passions” said FIFA’s 111 years long history and try to show the organization as a representative of the good, but at the same time hinting on corruption and embezzlement without exploring the topic deeper.
Dishonest film
film debuted in Los Angeles during the day Friday and there was only two people met up – one because he loves football and one of curiosity.
62-year-old Francisco Carrillo told Reuters news agency that he visited the cinema because he is a fan of the sport, which is very popular in his native Mexico. While freelance journalist Alex Goot (31) explained that he wanted to gauge people’s interest in the film.
– Even before the scandals and the investigation started, I wondered who the audience for this story. Even dedicated fans care about how FIFA is in the boardroom, said Goot.
He believes people who go to the cinema to see the movie in the middle of the organization’s crisis, will not perceive it as particularly informative.
– The felt really weird. The film presented no true story.
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film is directed by French filmmaker Frédéric Auburtin and other famous actors Gérard Depardieu and Sam Neill in the cast. But “United Passions” has failed to excite critics.
New York Times reviewer Daniel M. Gold called it “one of the least monumental films of recent times” and a “dishonest organization description that not even limits laughingstock. “
Jordan Hoffman in the British newspaper The Guardian went further and described the film as” a disgrace “and” shit “. (© NTB)
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