Company: Olé Produções
Country: Brazil
Section: MOVIES & TV FOOTBALL – FEATURE
Discipline: Female Soccer
Director: Adriana Yañez
Editing: Juliana Munhoz
Photo: João Atala
Producer: Gal Buitoni e Luiz Ferraz
Synopsis:
A group of women close to the 60s who live in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro share a common past: they were the base of the first women’s soccer team in Brazil. The experiences they had during their trips around the world playing football with the Brazilian uniform in the 80s and 90s, however, did not guarantee them any notoriety. Their stories were never told and the financial return they received at the time was negligible. Each one of them found new paths and new meanings for the routine after their retirements. Today, most of them make their living from informal jobs, such as street vendors, Uber drivers, barbecue chefs, construction workers and soccer coaching in social projects.