Real, la película

irst – by showing this film ¡Viva! is not endorsing any football team (Spanish or otherwise)– though you may feel different after you’ve seen this! Produced by its subject, the film aims to unite five continents fans’– all by their love of Real Madrid FC. It interweaves on-pitch and ‘backstage’ footage of one of the most powerful clubs in the world with stories of five followers: A Japanese teen boy whose life is hell due to his girlfriend’s Beckham obsession; A New York woman who knows how Ronaldo feels; A Senegalese kid who worships Zidane and a strange story in Caracas involving a 1963 Real legend. (Independent Cinema Office)