CinemaOSMovie · 2009 · 1h 4m

Australia

the chronicles of a delayed success

80%(2)IMDbDocumentary

How do seven young people, former street children from Romania, get to see the Pacific Ocean? On 1 December 2008, a Romanian national team participates for the first time in the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne, Australia. The film follows the team from the formation of the squad to the end of the championship. The young people are from Timisoara and Arad, runaway children who now live in abandoned houses or who have managed to get a job and live in rented accommodation after going through orphanages or prisons. After taking a beating from many teams, the young Romanians manage to beat the USA. They are happy. They are all thinking of never going "home" again. It's warm and nice here, the people are nice. "In case I stay, I kissed you all!" says one of them cautiously. But after taking pictures of themselves on the beach with the ocean behind them and beautiful girls by their side, the seven return to Romania and get on with their lives.

Directed byClaudiu Mitcu

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 4m
Language
RO
Released
January 15, 2009
Studios
HBO Romania

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring

Florin Batrinu

Self

Vasile Bereghi

Self

Beniamin Calancea

Self

Pavel Calancea

Self

Claudiu Kostity

Self

Radu Munteanu

Self

Daniel Podina

Self

Mihai Rosus

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Claudiu Mitcu
Claudiu Mitcu
Written by
Claudiu Mitcu
Claudiu Mitcu
Produced by
Tudor Giurgiu
Andrei Cretulescu
Andrei Cretulescu

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