Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle
Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle
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Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

2006
Documentary
1h 30m
Halfway between a sports documentary and an conceptual art installation, "Zidane" consists in a full-length soccer game (Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005) entirely filmed from the perspective of soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane. (imdb)

Genre:

Documentary

AKA:

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait

Country:

France

Languages:

Spanish, French

Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

2006
Documentary
1h 30m
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Avg Percentile 50.3% from 125 total ratings

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Rated 19 Jun 2014
74
77th
Intimate depiction of a football master in a day that would be hardly remembered if it wasn't for the cameras following each move and touch. For the fans, it serves as an unique look into what happens in the field -- Zidane sometimes barely touches the ball, but he produces a lot when he has the chance; also, it proves how Marcos Senna, always seen behind the french in the first half, would be essential for Spain in Euro 08. For cinephiles, it's a POV suffocating and sensorial experience.
Rated 10 Oct 2012
75
55th
Quiet film of a legend playing a run-of-the-mill match. Looks pretty and has a good score, but I'd much rather call it an art film rather than a documentary. Provides little to no factual insight, but just allows me to observe up close how a legend acts on the pitch. Goes the route of replays for the goal he was involved in, which is weird and takes away from the experience.
Rated 24 Jul 2010
81
88th
I never thought I'd be that interested in a football match before.
Rated 15 Feb 2019
75
68th
The contrast between the tele-broadcast and the experience of a player. It's noteworthy how little Zidane has the ball. Most of the time he is like a hunter, looking carefully, running, hiding, and attacking at the right time. The solitude of the hero. The match is a war, it is an event as part of history (remember the sequence with Iraq and world history), supporters are like the chorus in tragedies, witnessing the hero's poetic touch, Zidane, like Achielleus or Oedipus (red card at the end).
Rated 10 Jan 2014
18
51st
Exhausting.
Rated 28 Jan 2013
55
23rd
Even though the idea is just amazing, it gets boring after a while.
Rated 10 Jan 2013
75
44th
There are two main problems with this, it relies on preexisting viewer interest in Zidane (though not necessarily admiration), and it loses focus a little too often. Despite these two problems, it's a unique perspective on a sporting competition with compelling execution.
Rated 08 Mar 2011
60
44th
more interesting than stoke vs wigan
Rated 17 Oct 2010
20
41st
"An overblown nearly-real-time documentary-cum-"art installation." - Bill Weber
Rated 08 Oct 2010
25
0th
Nice idea but terrible execution. The selling point of the film is a focus not achieved as a spectator but this is lost due to a mish mash of camera angles, replay highlights, cod subtitled philosophy, ham-fisted dubbing, pointless soft focus, stadium shots, you name it, anything that can be done to cock this up has been put in place. Major disappointment. Appalling.
Rated 01 Sep 2010
75
61st
Similar in concept to Fußball wie noch nie, nevertheless it's an updated attempt that works well thanks to a Mogwai soundtrack.
Rated 22 Oct 2009
77
42nd
Maybe one of the best players of all time. This player deserved a better end of his carrier. Very good Domumentary.
Rated 02 May 2009
4
71st
"Technically, this documentary draws attention to itself far too often with its tricksy shifts between camera angles and distances. But, as a study in sporting concentration and an avant-garde experiment in spatial disorientation, it's pretty damn impressive."

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Genre:

Documentary

AKA:

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait

Country:

France

Languages:

Spanish, French

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