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"Rebelle: Hero: Rogue, God": in his documentary "Diego Maradona", presented out of competition in Cannes, the British Asif Kapadia tells the Neapolitan years of the Argentine football legend, who brought him his greatest joys and finished by grinding it.
With this film, Kapadia closes a trilogy started with "Senna", dedicated to the Brazilian Formula 1 driver who died at the age of 34 of a racing accident, and continued with "Amy" who traces the life of the singer Amy Winehouse to his death at 27 (Oscar in 2016).
Here again, he tries to discover the man behind the genie. And to tell Diego more than Maradona, Kapadia has made him talk, but also his entire family, his relatives, in all 80 people. And he relied on some 500 hours of unpublished footage from the personal archives of the former footballer.
"We owe the existence of many of these images to the late Jorge Cyterszpiler, who was his childhood friend and his agent.Interview, the phenomenon that would become Maradona, he had the idea to hire two videographers to film in his He was a visionary, "the director told AFP.
Some images are impressive, like those of his presentation to Neapolitan fans in fury in the stadium San Paolo, future theater of many of his exploits. That day in a press conference, he confided after his complicated passage in Barcelona: "In Naples I expect a little more tranquility." All but prophetic ...
Because in the beloved city of southern Italy, the arrival of the round star, himself of modest origin, resonates as a first revenge against wealthy clubs of the North, Juventus Turin, Ac Milan , Inter Milan ... Between 1984 and 1991, others will take even more glorious attire including two league titles and a European Cup (UEFA) gleaned.
During these years, all Naples snatched the idol Maradona, become meanwhile champion of the world with Argentina in 1986. The Camorra in the first place that provides him with his recreations, cocaine and women. The pressure is such that the idol wants to leave, but his president refuses.
The flip-flop comes at the 1990 World Cup, when Italy host country is eliminated by Argentina's Maradona in the semifinals. A match that was played, ironically ... Naples. Nobody forgave him and when he was tested positive for cocaine in 1991, he realized he was let down by everyone. His decline could begin.
What did Maradona think of the documentary he is the subject of? Asif Kapadia still does not know it. "It must have happened here in Cannes". But he finally did not come because of a shoulder injury, he regrets.
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