THEME EXPLORATION

French football politics

28 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room
Patrice O'Neal: Elephant in the Room
2011 · Beth McCarthy-Miller
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Flesh and the Woman
Flesh and the Woman
1954 · Robert Siodmak
Primary Colors
Primary Colors
1998 · Mike Nichols
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
1971 · David Cronenberg
Short Plays
Short Plays
2014 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Robert Zemeckis
Holidays by the Sea
Holidays by the Sea
2011 · Pascal Rabaté
Blade II
Blade II
2002 · Guillermo del Toro
To Catch a Thief
To Catch a Thief
1955 · Alfred Hitchcock
Aakhri Sawal
Aakhri Sawal
2026 · Abhijeet Mohan Warang
The Mandalorian and Grogu
The Mandalorian and Grogu
2026 · Jon Favreau
The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE - Yotsuba Succession Arc -
The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE - Yotsuba Succession Arc -
2026 · Jimmy Stone
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
The Silent Protest: Jerusalem 1929
2026 · Mahasen Nasser-Eldin
813
813
1923 · Kenji Mizoguchi
A Idade da Terra
A Idade da Terra
1980 · Glauber Rocha
A Good Man in Africa
A Good Man in Africa
1994 · Bruce Beresford
Akt
Akt
1961 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Esta tierra nuestra
Esta tierra nuestra
1959 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Fellow Citizen
Fellow Citizen
1983 · Abbas Kiarostami
Il Divo
Il Divo
2008 · Paolo Sorrentino
Il tacchino prepotente
Il tacchino prepotente
1939 · Roberto Rossellini
Looking for Eric
Looking for Eric
2009 · Ken Loach
Los jueves milagro
Los jueves milagro
1957 · Luis García Berlanga
Peppermint Candy
Peppermint Candy
2000 · Lee Chang-dong
Raining in the Mountain
Raining in the Mountain
1979 · King Hu
Strike
Strike
1925 · Sergei Eisenstein
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His documentary-style approach to social and political issues provides a framework for examining how football intersects with class, nationalism, and French working-class identity.

 Mathieu Kassovitz France

His films examine French identity, social inequality, and institutional corruption through a lens that parallels the tensions between politics, economics, and sport in modern France.