Including incredible childhood footage, this wide-reaching documentary gains a detailed understanding of the real Lionel Messi. This is Messi as you’ve never seen him before.
Editing
Seamless cuts between toddler Messi and global icon—time is cruel.
Production
Rare childhood footage that feels illegally intimate.
Director
Barry Murphy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Barry Murphy spent three years negotiating access to Messi's personal archive, including tapes his father nearly discarded.
Released months before Qatar 2022, the documentary accidentally captures Messi at his most vulnerable—believing his international career would end in failure.
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