Le Ballon d’or est un film franco-guinéen réalisé par Cheik Doukouré, sorti en 1994. La vie de Salif Keïta, premier ballon d'or africain en 1970, inspira le scénario du film. Un roman a été tiré du film, publié sous le même titre.
Synopsis
L'ascension de Bandian, un jeune guinéen passionné de football quittant son village pour rejoindre l'Europe et devenir footballeur professionnel.
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Directed byCheik Doukouré OriginFrance GenresDrama, Comedy-drama ActorsÉlisabeth Vitali, Cheik Doukouré, Magloire Delcros-Varaud, Mariam Kaba, Louis Navarre Rating67% Arrivé en France par le billet de son village pour acheter une motopompe pour ses parents agriculteurs, Moussa se fait voler la moitié de l'argent qui lui a été confié. Il se retrouve alors dans une situation totalement inattendue et notamment parmi des sans-papiers africains qui occupent une église.
OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action ThemesFilms set in Africa, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Sports films, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Association football films, Erotic thriller films, Enfant soldat ActorsRapulana Seiphemo, Leleti Khumalo Rating64% The story begins in Rwanda where a football fanatic Dudu Kayenzi is teaching a group of children how to make an "organic football" using a UN condom, plastic bag and string. Meanwhile, his best friend and football prodigy Fabrice longs to pursue his ambition of becoming an association football legend and is seen breaking the local record for the most continuous football kick-ups. When Fabrice is offered the chance to audition for the opening ceremony of the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa, he fabricates a plan to sneak past his strict, wealthy parents with Dudu and Dudu's sister Beatrice. Beatrice wishes to become a doctor and find a cure for AIDS. Fabrice tries to express his love of football to his mother, but she simply replies "Africa doesn't need dreams, it needs to wake up".
, 1h58 Directed byVolker Schlöndorff OriginGerman GenresDrama, War ThemesFilms about children, Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia, Political films ActorsJohn Malkovich, Agnès Soral, Volker Spengler, Marianne Sägebrecht, Gottfried John, Heino Ferch Rating67% Abel Tiffauges (Malkovich) is a simple Frenchman at the start of World War II, who loves animals and children. The first part of the film recalls his childhood at a Catholic school for boys, in where he wishes to Saint Christopher that the school, which he sees as a prison, is burned down. By irony of fate, while Abel is being disciplined for spilling lamp oil on the chapel floor, his friend Nestor accidentally sets fire to the building, burning it down as he wished. From that day on, Abel is convinced that fate is on his side, and that it will protect him from anything.
, 1h46 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresComedy, Comedy-drama ThemesL'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Sports films, Association football films, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence ActorsRobert Carlyle, Jane Lapotaire, Gina McKee, Ben Miller, Samia Ghadie, Ciarán Griffiths Rating66% Jimmy Grimble (Lewis McKenzie) is a 15-year-old misfit living in Manchester, where nothing seems to go his way. Jimmy is constantly threatened by the school bully, "Gorgeous" Gordon (Bobby Power); he is also not sure what to make of Johnny (Ben Miller), a lost-in-the-ozone biker who is dating Donna (Gina McKee), Jimmy's mum; and he has a crush on one of his classmates, Sara (Samia Smith), who seems to like him, but his powers of speech invariably fail him when he tries to talk to her. Like most Mancunians, Jimmy loves football. He is a fervent supporter of Manchester City and attends home games with Donna's ex-boyfriend, Harry (Ray Winstone). Jimmy also loves to play football, but while Eric (Robert Carlyle), the coach of his school's team, thinks he has potential, "Gorgeous" is already a skilled player, and when Gordon's father informs the school he will make a large and much-needed donation if their team makes it to the Manchester Schools Cup final, it looks like Jimmy will be on the bench for a while. But when an old woman gives Jimmy a pair of boots that once belonged to one of City's greatest players, his skills on the field begin to change.
, 1h52 Directed byGurinder Chadha OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance ThemesFilms about alcoholism, Feminist films, Films about immigration, Sports films, La précarité, Association football films, Political films, Buddy films, Children's films ActorsParminder Nagra, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Keira Knightley, Archie Panjabi, Anupam Kher, Preeya Kalidas Rating66% Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra is the 18-year-old daughter of Punjabi Sikh Indians from Hounslow in west London. Jess is infatuated with football but her parents have forbidden her to play because she is a girl. She plays in the park sometimes with her good friend Tony, and his buddies, where her skills draw the attention of Juliette "Jules" Paxton, who plays for the women's team of the local club, the fictional Hounslow Harriers. Their coach, Joe, is impressed with her play and puts her on the team. Jess pretends to have a job to play with the team and Jules and Jess become best friends, despite the fact that both are attracted to Joe. Jess enlists her sister Pinky to cover for her when the team travels to Germany for a big match, but everything unravels when Jules spies Joe and Jess almost kiss, causing a breach between them, and Jess's parents find out and forbid her to continue. Meanwhile, Jules's mother wrongly thinks Jules is a lesbian and the girls' spat is a lovers' quarrel. Jess's parents are confronted by a similar accusation before Jess reveals the truth about her attraction to Joe. While the elder Bhamras are distracted by the elaborate preparations for Pinky's upcoming wedding, Jess continues to play and the Hounslow Harriers make their way towards the top of the league. Joe encourages Jess to come clean with her parents and eventually approaches Mr. Bhamra to explain she has a chance to win a prestigious scholarship, but Mr. Bhamra refuses to believe it. Jess and Jules must sort their differences, make peace with their parents, and overcome cultural prejudice to win the league championship, and earn scholarships to Santa Clara University in California.
, 1h32 Directed byJean-Jacques Annaud, Dominique Cheminal OriginFrance GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama ThemesSports films, Association football films ActorsPatrick Dewaere, Jean Bouise, Michel Aumont, France Dougnac, Maurice Barrier, Dorothée Jemma Rating71% François Perrin is a belligerent factory worker who plays football for a local amateur team, in a club owned by a rich businessman who also owns the factory where Perrin, as well as most of the population of Trincamp, works. His attitude doesn't endear him to anyone, and the situation is not helped when, at a training session, he pushes Berthier, the star and captain of the team, who demands that Perrin be expelled. Soon thereafter, he is also fired from his job, and the whole town turns against him and he is even prohibited from entering the local bar. When a drunk Berthier tries to rape a woman one night, Perrin is immediately framed for the deed, and ends up in jail after being brutalized by the police. Two months later, the Trincamp team is to participate in an important game for the France's Cup, but the bus carrying the team gets into an accident, and out of desperation to replace the injured players, Perrin is released from jail to help out the team. While on the way to the stadium, he manages to evade police and finds the rape victim and confront her. Rather than resulting in conflict, he actually finds someone who believes him, since she was not positive in her earlier identification, and she decides to investigate the testimonies that convicted Perrin, while he goes on to play and scores both of his team's goals in a very tight victory. Perrin is now the town's hero, and he uses that position and the knowledge of who did what and who made false reports to the police to plot a subtle but effective revenge on those who have wronged him.