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Drama

Tigers

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Super-talented footballing prodigy Martin is bought by top club Inter Milan, aged just 16. It’s the chance of a lifetime – but at what price?

Release Date : 2021-07-22

Language :SwedishItalianEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Black Spark Film & TVArt of PanicSF StudiosAdler EntertainmentSVT

Production Country : ItalySweden

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Erik Enge

Character Name : Martin Bengtsson

Original Name : Erik Enge

Gender : Male

Frida Gustavsson

Character Name : Vibeke

Original Name : Frida Gustavsson

Gender : Female

Alfred Enoch

Character Name : Ryan

Original Name : Alfred Enoch

Gender : Male

Maurizio Lombardi

Character Name : Galli

Original Name : Maurizio Lombardi

Gender : Male

Lino Musella

Character Name : Luca

Original Name : Lino Musella

Gender : Male

Alberto Basaluzzo

Character Name : Coach Panelli

Original Name : Alberto Basaluzzo

Gender : Male

Gianluca Di Gennaro

Character Name : Tonolli

Original Name : Gianluca Di Gennaro

Gender : Male

Daniele La Leggia

Character Name : Dario

Original Name : Daniele La Leggia

Gender : Male

Antonio Bannò

Character Name : Walter

Original Name : Antonio Bannò

Gender : Male

Antonio Zavatteri

Character Name : Team Physician

Original Name : Antonio Zavatteri

Gender : Male

Liv Mjönes

Character Name : Karin

Original Name : Liv Mjönes

Gender : Female

Johannes Bah Kuhnke

Character Name : Peter

Original Name : Johannes Bah Kuhnke

Gender : Male

David Oseye

Character Name : Kodji

Original Name : David Oseye

Gender : Male

Camara Elassane

Character Name : Lorenzo

Original Name : Camara Elassane

Gender : Male

Henrik Rafaelsen

Character Name : Martin's Dad

Original Name : Henrik Rafaelsen

Gender : Male

Harry Kane Sandahl

Character Name : Martin's Sibling

Original Name : Harry Kane Sandahl

Gender : Male

Pier Luigi Pasino

Character Name : Finance Guy

Original Name : Pier Luigi Pasino

Gender : Male

Christina Ruscena

Character Name : Galli's secretary

Original Name : Christina Ruscena

Gender : Male

Ange Wilfried

Character Name : Ali Prima Squadra Player

Original Name : Ange Wilfried

Gender : Male

Marco Segrini

Character Name : Car Salesman

Original Name : Marco Segrini

Gender : Male

Paolo Mazzini

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Paolo Mazzini

Gender : Male

Piergiuseppe Francione

Character Name : Truck Driver

Original Name : Piergiuseppe Francione

Gender : Male

Tobias Wapner

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Tobias Wapner

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-05

There is something really quite unnerving about this drama. It adopts a fly-on-the-wall approach to depict the brief time Martin Bengtsson spent at Inter Milan in 2004. He was a skinny, determined, 16 year old bought by this legendary football club where, upon arrival, he struggled pretty much from the start of his short-lived flirtation with top flight football. Erik Enge is really very good in the role. His desire to succeed and to sacrifice whatever is needed to achieve that, is palpably delivered as the film gradually exposes us to a culture in which success is everything. Not speaking Italian doesn't help the young Swede, nor does his own lack of maturity - but it is soon pretty clear that this kind of training atmosphere is not designed to foster any sort of team spirit. It is very much dog eat dog - failure means sale or worse. Luckily, he makes friends with "Ryan" (Alfred Enoch) who speaks English, helps him find his way, buy his first car (even if he is too young to drive) and to see a bit of the nightlife where he meets model "Vibeke" (Frida Gustavsson). His bosses take a dim view of this liaison and coupled with the alienation and pressures he is constantly subjected to, we are soon aware that his mental health is just as precarious as his physical one. This film aims fairly and squarely at an industry - and that is, I think, entertainment in general, not just soccer - that values success at all costs. People are just as much a product as if they were in a jar on a shelf. The challenges he faces are immense but so are the rewards, and those who facilitate - rather than deliver themselves, are benignly ruthless and seriously risk averse. Bengtsson was a boy in a man's world. Lonely, isolated and treated little better than a performing chimpanzee. The film itself is actually not that great. The production is quite basic and the POV style of photography did start to annoy me after a while, but the underlying messages of a desperation to thrive subsuming everything, and of an industry that cares little of any "duty of care" to those it attracts makes for a compelling, at times quite tough, film to watch.