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Offside (2006)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In the sleepy town of Stensfors, the soccer team used to be something to be proud of , playing in the national league 30 years ago. Now the team will be dissolved if it can't win the rest of the games in the local league. Team member Kent goes on a business trip to Liverpool and meet Duncan Miller, the premier league football star of the 1980s who promises to come over to Sweden and play a few games just for fun. Unfortunately, when he arrives it is obvious that their saviour is both an alcoholic and very unfit to play. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Style:
feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
alcoholic, nothing goes right, couples, ambition, family problems, disorder, crumbling marriage, hopes, couple relations, small town, once promising, football, couples therapy, male nudity, skinny dipping, parent child relationship, sport, friends, society, unemployment, down on your luck, sport team, social relations, small town life, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
sweden
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Duration: 96 min.
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Duration: 92 min.
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Duration: 97 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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