DIEGO MARADONA (2019) - Rebel, Hero, Hustler, God - Asif Kapadia - HD Trailer

DIEGO MARADONA (2019) (UK) Documentary, Biography Directed by Asif Kapadia Official Selection 2019 • Cannes Film Festival • Locarno International Film Festival • Telluride Film Festival • Karlovy Vary International Film Festival CAST: Pelé, Diego Maradona, Dalma Maradona SYNOPSIS: On 5th July 1984, Diego Maradona arrived in Naples for a world-record fee, and for seven years all hell broke loose. The world’s most celebrated football genius and the most dysfunctional city in Europe were a perfect match for each other. But there was a price… Diego could do as he pleased while performing miracles on the pitch but, as time passed, darker days closed in. The third film from the Academy Award- and BAFTA-winning team behind Senna and Amy, the film is constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage from Maradona’s personal archive with the full support of the man himself. REVIEWS: "It's all here: the great games, goals, and great scandals. It teems with life and is unlike most biopics about a sports legend. That is, it actually delivers a pungent sense of the atmosphere surrounding him." John Doyle, GLOBE AND MAIL "I think [Asif Kapadia] can make anyone interesting... This is almost like the third part of [his] trilogy about what can happen to you with early fame." Claudia Puig, KPCC FILM WEEK "July 23, 2019 Asif Kapadia has put together an extraordinarily intimate account of [Diego Maradona's] rise and fall, enriched by grainy but graphic footage recording every phase of his life." Sandra Hall, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD