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Idoli controluce (1965)
Directed by Enzo Battaglia
Drama · 1h 37m
Having been assigned by his publisher to write a biography of Omar Sivori, the great footballer, Ugo Sanfelice heads for Torino. Given he is not very knowledgeable about soccer, Ugo tries -several times but in vain - to obtain an appointment from Sivori. Forced to fall back upon persons being or having been in contact with the elusive star, he gets to know young forward-center Moretti and soon becomes friendly with him. The young man confides in him and tells him the whole truth about his own "career" : the training in a small provincial team, the promising debut alongside Sivori, the desertion of his fiancée, the premature decline due to a dissolute life. When Sanfelice finally meets Sivori, he finds that the star is no match - humanely at least - for Moretti and he gives up writing the book at all.
Cast
Massimo Girotti
Ugo Sanfelice
Omar Sivori
Himself
Valeria Ciangottini
Liliana
Joanna Shimkus
Alexandra
Riccardo Garrone
Arturo Baldi
Edy Biagetti
Dirigente sportivo
Nicole Tessier
Olivia Cesarini Argan
Crew
- Director
- Enzo Battaglia
- Writer
- Enzo Battaglia, Giorgio Prosperi
- Editor
- Maria Rosada
- Producer
- Walter Navarra
Details
- Release date
- 1965-11-12
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Italy
- Production
- DI.DO. Didattica Documentari