An ambitious soccer referee ends up handling a crucial match between two small Sardinian teams
Acting
Stefano Accorsi's physical comedy of a man disintegrating in real time.
Direction
Zucca captures Sardinia as its own gloriously stubborn character.
Director
Paolo Zucca
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stefano Accorsi spent weeks training with actual Serie A referees and still looked convincingly lost.
The film satirizes Italy's 'Girone di Ritorno' playoff culture, where tiny provincial matches carry absurd existential weight for entire towns.
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