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Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down the pit or in a factory. But Jimmy has other ideas — he dreams of becoming a professional footballer. Confronted by a bitter and unsupportive father, hard-drinking friends and a lifetime of bad habits...has Jimmy the will to achieve his...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Maria Giese

Cast

Sean Bean, Emily Lloyd, Craig Kelly

A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long standing obsession with Arsenal serves him well. But then he meets Sarah. Their relationship develops in tandem with Arsenal's roller coaster fortunes in th...

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

David Evans

Cast

Colin Firth, Ruth Gemmell, Mark Strong

The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due to the events in World War II, and the father returns from Russia after eleven years. The second story is about a reporter and his wife reporting from the tournament.

Runtime

1h 58m

Director

Sönke Wortmann

Cast

Louis Klamroth, Peter Lohmeyer, Johanna Gastdorf

An aging soccer player has a part-time girlfriend, a young fan, and doubts about throwing a game.

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Richard Harris, Uri Zohar

Cast

Romy Schneider, Kim Burfield, Maurice Kaufmann

Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Ken Loach

Cast

Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay