An aging soccer player has a part-time girlfriend, a young fan, and doubts about throwing a game.
Acting
Harris at his most raw, unglamorous, and self-destructively committed.
Direction
Two directors, one film — feel the tension in every frame.
Cinematography
Bleached Israeli sunlight against Harris's crumbling grandeur.
Director
Uri Zohar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Richard Harris reportedly disowned the film and tried to prevent its release after creative clashes with co-director Uri Zohar.
One of the rare English-language films shot in Israel pre-1973, capturing a nation in uneasy transition through the microcosm of sports corruption.
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