ItalianoKenny Dalglish
21 October 16:00
Sala Sinopoli
Pub Acc
Admission with ticket
Festa del cinema
Synopsis
A football legend, icon of the Celtic Glasgow and Liverpool during its golden years, where he was first a player then a coach in the period following the Heysel tragedy, Kenny Dalglish tells his story on and off the pitch.
COMMENTARY
The viewer is granted the privilege of discovering the life – rather than the achievements – of one of the legends of British football, who divided his career between Celtic Glasgow and Liverpool, the natural heir to Kevin Keegan, marked by two great sports tragedies: Heysel (1985) and Hillsborough (1989). The film brings to light an exact description of the context (in particular Thatcher’s England), while the ample archival footage is woven into an unstoppable narrative flow.
DIRECTOR' STATEMENT
Not a “film about football”, this is the celebration of a man, a family, a team, a city, a sport and those who love it, of the people who have made football what it is today, followed and beloved by millions of people. Kenny occupies a place of honour among these founding fathers.
Director
Asif Kapadia
A director, screenwriter and producer, winner of an Oscar and four BAFA, Asif Kapadia is one of the most influential directors of this generation. He is known for the trilogy composed of Senna, Amy and Diego Maradona, in which he unearths pivotal moments that define extraordinary lives relying on archive footage in innovative ways, elevating their personal stories to a particular cinematic dimension.