The entire life of Diego Maradona may be concisely summarized by the seven dramatic years he spent in Naples. After Asif Kapadia’s riveting Senna and mournful Amy, the master of the documentary compilation opted for a portrait of the controversial Argentinian athlete. Although the football gods blessed him with unparalleled talent, off the field they made him pay dearly.
Diego Maradona – two people in one: a good-natured guy from the slums of Buenos Aires and an uncontrollable wild man unsure how to deal with his meteoric rise to fame. The second Maradona demanded center stage in 1984 when he surprisingly transferred from Barcelona to Naples. The raucous Italian town is hard to resist, and it’s a short step from glamorous parties with beautiful women to drug-fueled escapades with the mafia… After Asif Kapadia’s riveting Senna and mournful Amy, the master of the documentary compilation opted for a portrait of the controversial Argentinian athlete. Although the football gods blessed him with unparalleled talent, off the field they made him pay dearly.
Martin Horyna
130 min / Color, Black & White, DCP
Director Asif Kapadia
/ Music Antonio Pinto
/ Editor Chris King
/ Producer James Gay-Rees, Paul Martin
/ Production On The Corner Films
/ Sales Altitude Film Sales Ltd.
/ Distributor Aerofilms
Asif Kapadia (b. 1972, London). Selected filmography: The Sheep Thief (1997, short), The Warrior (2001), The Return (2006), Far North (2007), Senna (2010, doc.), Amy (2015, doc.), Ali and Nino (2016), Diego Maradona (2019, doc.)
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