Halfway between a sports documentary and an conceptual art installation, "Zidane" consists in a full-length soccer game (Real Madrid vs. Villareal, April 23, 2005) entirely filmed from the perspective of soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane.
Cinematography
17 cameras locked on one man create uncanny intimacy
Sound
Mogwai score transforms breathing into opera
Direction
Gordon and Parreno turn athlete into living sculpture
Director
Douglas Gordon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film premiered at Cannes Film Festival, not sports channels—critics debated if it transcended or mocked documentary form.
Zidane's infamous 2006 World Cup headbutt happened one year later, making this portrait accidentally prophetic about his temper.
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