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Diego Maradona (12A)

Dir. Asif Kapadia
130 mins | 2019 | UK

SHOWING TIMES:

• Fri 5 Jul: 5.30pm 
• Sat 6 Jul: 6pm 
• Sun 7 Jul: 1pm 
• Tue 9 Jul: 10.45am + Breakfast Deal 
• Wed 10 Jul: 7.30pm

The BAFTA-winning director Asif Kapadia, (Senna and Amy) turns his focus onto another iconic star with this stunning portrait of the controversial, yet sublimely talented, Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona.

Having never won a major tournament, ailing football giant SSC Napoli had criminally underachieved. Their fanatical support was unequalled in both passion and size. None was more feared. But how they ached for success…

On 5th July 1984, Diego Maradona arrived in Naples for a world-record fee and for seven years all hell broke loose. The world’s most celebrated football genius and the most dysfunctional city in Europe were a perfect match for each other. Maradona was blessed on the field but cursed off it; the charismatic Argentine, quickly led Naples to their first-ever title. It was the stuff of dreams.

But there was a price. Diego could do as he pleased whilst performing miracles on the pitch, but when the magic faded he became almost a prisoner of the city.

The third film from the Academy Award and BAFTA-winning team behind Senna and Amy, the film will be constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage from Maradona’s personal archive and in the style of Senna and Amy, will be a high-end and definitive feature documentary made with the full support of Maradona.
In a city where the devil would have needed bodyguards, Maradona became bigger than God himself. This is the wild and unforgettable story of God-given talent, glory, despair and betrayal, of corruption and ultimately redemption.

BREAKFAST + FILM

Enjoy breakfast in our Café Bar before the screening on Tue 9 Jul.

£9.50: Film + cup of tea + something from our breakfast menu.

VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, STUDIO 74