Diego Maradona

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Director:Asif Kapadia
Premiere:15. August 2019
Length:130 minutes
Genre:Biographical, Documentary

Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona; Asif Kapadia, 2019, versions: OR,CS, languages: eng, spa

Director: Asif Kapadia

Having never won a major tournament, ailing football giant SSC Napoli had criminally underachieved. Their fanatical support was unequalled in both passion and size.  None was more feared.  But how they ached for success…

On 5th July 1984, Diego Maradona arrived in Naples for a world-record fee and for seven years all hell broke loose.  The world’s most celebrated football genius and the most dysfunctional city in Europe were a perfect match for each other.

Maradona was blessed on the field but cursed off it; the charismatic Argentine, quickly led Naples to their first-ever title.  It was the stuff of dreams.

But there was a price… Diego could do as he pleased whilst performing miracles on the pitch, but when the magic faded he became almost a prisoner of the city.

The third film from the Academy Award and BAFTA-winning team behind Senna and Amy, the film will be constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage from Maradona’s personal archive and in the style of Senna and Amy, will be a high-end and definitive feature documentary made with the full support of Maradona.

In a city where the devil would have needed bodyguards, Maradona became bigger than God himself.  This is the wild and unforgettable story of God-given talent, glory, despair and betrayal, of corruption and ultimately redemption. 

Length: 130 min

Year: 2019
Local premiere date: 15. August 2019

Country of origin:

  • United Kingdom

Language version:

OR - Original version (english, spanish)
CS - Czech subtitles

Director: Asif Kapadia

Having never won a major tournament, ailing football giant SSC Napoli had criminally underachieved. Their fanatical support was unequalled in both passion and size.  None was more feared.  But how they ached for success…

On 5th July 1984, Diego Maradona arrived in Naples for a world-record fee and for seven years all hell broke loose.  The world’s most celebrated football genius and the most dysfunctional city in Europe were a perfect match for each other.

Maradona was blessed on the field but cursed off it; the charismatic Argentine, quickly led Naples to their first-ever title.  It was the stuff of dreams.

But there was a price… Diego could do as he pleased whilst performing miracles on the pitch, but when the magic faded he became almost a prisoner of the city.

The third film from the Academy Award and BAFTA-winning team behind Senna and Amy, the film will be constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage from Maradona’s personal archive and in the style of Senna and Amy, will be a high-end and definitive feature documentary made with the full support of Maradona.

In a city where the devil would have needed bodyguards, Maradona became bigger than God himself.  This is the wild and unforgettable story of God-given talent, glory, despair and betrayal, of corruption and ultimately redemption. 

Year: 2019
Local premiere date: 15. August 2019

Country of origin:

  • United Kingdom

Language version:

OR - Original version (english, spanish)
CS - Czech subtitles