Company: Lucio Allemand Branco
Country: BRAZIL
Section: MOVIES & TV FOOTBALL
Discipline: Soccer
Year: 2016
Director: Lucio Banco
Editing: Claudio Tammela
Actors: Afonsinho, Paulo Cézar Caju, Nei
Photography: Tay Nascimento, Renato Laclette, Sinai Sganzerla, Nayana Sganzerla, Rodrigo Alayete, Ian Schuler, Claudio Tammela, Rudá Capriles, Gabriel Bilig
Soundtrack: Banda Capilar
Voice Off: AfonsinhoPaulo Cézar CajuNei Conceição
Producer: Lucio Branco
Time: 125 min
Projection: Thursday 17 November – 19.05 – Sala Donzelli
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Synopsis
Afonsinho, Paulo Cézar Caju and Nei Conceição started their careers in the mid-1960s, a time of strong political repression in Brazil. Originally teammates of a celebrated generation of the Botafogo football team superstars, they did not give up their freedom when the military dictatorship decided to take control of the field. Club affairs quickly became governed by the same codes already (and arbitrarily so) in force against civil society itself. Afonsinho, Caju and Nei were forced to deal with the club’s behavior manuals, the “Transfer Rights Law” (“Lei do Passe”), the system of training grounds confinement and the control over behavior and activities off the field. Since the military period, all three of them consciously practice civil disobedience.