At the beginning of the twentieth century, several enthusiasts from different European countries decided to jointly implement an ambitious dream - to create a football organization that would unite the whole world! They called her International Football Federation, or Briefly - FIFA ... Jules Rome, Joao Avelange and now the current president of FIFA Joseph "ZEPP" Blatter - three such different people lived at different times in different countries. They covered enemies, they went on compromises, became victims of betrayal, but they did everything so that the World Cup was reality. The director of the painting spoke Frederick Oburten, famous for the films "Professionals" and one of the novel of the filmalman "Paris, I love you." The main roles were performed by Gerard Depardieu, Sam Neil and Tim Roth.
Depardieu fell out the honor to play Jules Rome. Rome is the founder and president of the Paris Football Club "Red Star", then became the president of France Football Federation and, finally, the third president of FIFA. He was in a post from 1921 to 1954, thereby establishing an absolute record of the Board by the Organization: His presidential mandate was valid for 33 years, without a break. Assessing the success of the Olympic football tournaments, Rome became a ideological inspirer of the World Cup, on which until 1970, the main prize was his name - Jules Rome Cup, also known as the "Golden Goddess".
The plot of the film unfolds throughout the century and glorifies the game that has become the personification of hope, the strength of spirit and unity. .
Sam Neil embodied on the screen The image of Joao Avelance - the seventh FIFA President (from 1974 to 1998), which in 1998 was elected honorary president of FIFA. Avelanzh, a Brazilian citizen, was a member of the two Olympic Games - in 1936 as a swimmer, in 1952 as a player of the National Brazilian national team on aquatic polo. In 2000, in Brazil, where the Country Football Championship was broken, the Joao Avelance Cup was held - actually recognized as the National Championship of the Year. In 2007, the Olympic Stadium Joao Avelance, designed for 45,000 spectators, was built in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro. Now Avelangu is 98 years old.
Tim the company got, perhaps the most difficult role. The actor played Joseph "Zeppa" Blatter - the eighth and applicable president of FIFA, which has been in the post since 1998. Roth for 25 years under the current 77-year-old Blatter, but ZEPP was delighted with the choice of the actor. And it was the president of FIFA insisted at acquaintance with the movie Star. "It was a very interesting meeting," told after Blatter. "I read a lot about him, watched his films." And, it seems to me that the authors of the film made the right choice by approving the Tim Rota for the role. It seemed to me, he was somewhat surprised by what I offered him to meet. But, having talked, we did not just find a common language, we realized that we had a lot in common. "
Gerard Depardieu played in the film "League of Dreams" Jules Rome - the third president of FIFA. And the role of his daughter Rome, Annette, performed Jemamim West, famous for the TV series "Borgia". .
By the way, in the Russian version of the film "ZEPP" Blatter gained the voice of Dmitry Gubernieva. The famous sports commentator has already been experience in movies, but he is busy in dubbing for the first time. Despite this, the provinces instantly understood the principle of work on the tone-studio and was very quickly born into the role. "Honestly confess, the work turned out to be more difficult than I thought - Dmitry is recognized. - First, moving movies more intimate process, if you can say so. I'm used to talking loudly, I want to shout, but you have to say ingratiantly, in Polton. Secondly, it is very difficult to stand the entire shift on the legs, "in Lenin's posture", with arms crossed behind the back, but it is that the necessary intonation is obtained. I want to record everything in the best way, because I feel my responsibility not so much in front of the "zep" Blatter - I know him - how much before Tim Mouth - I am a stranger with him, but I follow his films, and, I must say, he plays great! Poor voice acting can spoil the whole film, so you have to work in real. Well, of course, I feel responsible to the audience, who, after watching the film, should still love football. "