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Mario
Why this pick
A closeted relationship between two elite footballers faces the same collision of intimacy, ambition and a sport’s rigid public image, told with similarly direct emotional pressure.
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MOVIE2016 1h 27m GBR
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Nineteen-year-olds Jason and Ade have been in the Academy of a famous London football club since they were eight years old. It's the night before their first-ever game for the first team — a UEFA Champions League match — and they're in a hotel room in Romania. They should be sleeping, but they're over-excited. They skip, fight, mock each other, prepare their kit, watch a teammate's sex tape. And then, out of nowhere, one of them kisses the other. The impact of this 'pass' reverberates through the next ten years of their lives — a decade of fame and failure, secrets and lies, in a sporting world where image is everything.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Lisa McGrillis
Lyndsey
Nico Mirallegro
Harry
Rory J. Saper
Bellboy
Russell Tovey
Jason
Arinzé Kene
Ade