A mechanical worker and football fanatic finds the meaning of life in encouraging, following and collaborating with the club that he loves, to the point of indefinitely postponing the marriage with his eternal girlfriend.
Acting
Discépolo's face is 80% of the screenplay.
Score
Tango legend scores his own onscreen meltdown.
Production
La Boca streets shot like a fever dream.
Director
Manuel Romero
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Enrique Santos Discépolo was Argentina's most famous tango composer; this rare acting role was basically him playing himself if he'd never touched piano.
Made during Perón's golden age, the film's working-class hero worship doubles as subtle state propaganda—football as opiate for the masses, but make it charming.
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