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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema Slate
  • 1 h 11 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema Slate
  • 1 h 11 m

Summary Set in the Sampaio neighborhood (close to the Maracanã Stadium, where the 2014 World Cup final was held), Sunday Ball brings audiences up-close to a final match between two rival teams: Geração (from the Matriz favela) and Juventude (from the Sampaio favela).

Directed By: Eryk Rocha

Written By: Juan Posada, Eryk Rocha

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema Slate
  • 1 h 11 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Cinema Slate
  • 1 h 11 m

Sunday Ball

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Summary Set in the Sampaio neighborhood (close to the Maracanã Stadium, where the 2014 World Cup final was held), Sunday Ball brings audiences up-close to a final match between two rival teams: Geração (from the Matriz favela) and Juventude (from the Sampaio favela).

Directed By: Eryk Rocha

Written By: Juan Posada, Eryk Rocha

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90
Dec 13, 2015
Refreshingly free of the tired human-interest personality profiles that afflict sports documentaries on both the big and small screens, director Eryk Rocha has created an impressionistic, visually stunning cinematic essay.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
90
Dec 10, 2015
Stunningly shot and marvelously edited to capture the rhythms of the game, the pic transcends its subject much in the way Roger Angell’s essays on baseball offer rare pleasures even to those uninterested in the game.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 10, 2015
Captured more for poetry than for clarity, the topography of penalties and free kicks can be impossible to follow. But Léo Bittencourt’s photography has flash and flair, and hardscrabble determination on a real-life field of dreams has a narrative all its own.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 9, 2016
Even viewers who know nothing about soccer can enjoy how Rocha captures the beauty of a communal event through editing and shot selection alone.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 10, 2015
Trash talk among competitors and spectators alike is a constant background hum, the informal banter taking the place of traditional talking-head documentary interviews.
By Michael Nordine FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Canal Brasil, Filmegraph Cinema e Vídeo
Release Date Dec 4, 2015
Duration 1 h 11 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
• 2 Nominations
San Francisco International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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