Historias de Fútbol

Jun 6 1997 N/A 1h 27m
Drama, Sport

Three vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals: football.

Plot

Three stories about football, one of the most important twentieth-century rituals. A third division player from Santiago de Chile is bribed, but does not realise that his behaviour betrays more than the loyalty of his team-mates. A boy from Calama, Chile wins the local derby pichanga, a soccer match that can last all afternoon, but he loses the few pesos he acquired by pawning his mother's last possessions. Francisco, a boy from the city, is stuck in a remote corner of the southern island of Chiloé on the day that Chile has to play its qualifying match for the World Cup. The only TV is in the house of the Serón sisters. While the local male population gathers to watch the match, the sisters decide which of them will initiate the young Francisco into love.

Written by

René Arcos, Mario Benedetti, Raúl Pérez Torres

Directed by

Andrés Wood

Production Countries

Chile

Production Companies

Roos Film, Kalikrates

Languages

Español

Awards

5 wins & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
558
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA