Product Details

• Actors: Abu Aldanish, Zeinolda Iqaza
• Directors: Gerardo Olivares
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Spanish
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Film Movement
• DVD Release Date: August 6, 2007
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MGBLVE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,741 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Great Match" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

About the Director

Gerardo Olivares has been involved as director of wildlife, Cultural and Anthropology documentaries since 1991, with the participation of Canal+ and TVE, and then sold internationally (Discovery Channel, National Geographic...)His last film Caravana , was produced by Pedro Almodovar´s El Deseo.

Product Description

GREAT MATCH - DVD Movie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Beauty, March 10, 2007

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G. Palmer "Gps" (Westerly, RI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Great Match (DVD)

Several startling sequences make this film one you'll dream about for a time. Each of the three groups -Mongolian nomads, Brazilian natives, and Niger tribesmen- endeavor to view a World Cup soccer game on television. The stories expand, then, on the circumstances on which they view the grainy images and the comradery that develops between otherwise coldly-considered neighbors. The color palettes represented in these three stories are incredible.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Great Match" is Truly a Great Film...., June 2, 2007

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Less Oake (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Match (DVD)

The "Great Match" is not only a spectacularly photographed film, but it offers fascinating glimpses of otherwise invisible cultures(unless you're a Discovery Channel addict!)in a charmingly offbeat and engaging way.

The scenes from the Mongolian steppes are my favorite, but overall the film serves to demonstrate once again that regardless of culture, physical location or language, guys around the world are all "wired" the same! If you ever questioned the veracity of pseudo-national events like the "Superbowl" & the "World Series", this makes clear that the World Cup Final is a truly planetary sports competition.

LO

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Wonderful, February 25, 2010

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Willimena Lowman "Babs in So Cal" (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Match (DVD)

Thank god my husband Netflixed "The Great Match". It was a pure joy to watch the three communities scramble to watch the World Cup. And as my husband continually reminded me, the next WC is right around the corner. What made the film fantastic was the dialogue. The cultural nuances and references woven seamlessly throughout the movie kept the film incredibly fast paced. By the end, it seemed as if the viewer (me) had known the individuals and their quirks for years. The best part is that you wanted to know these characters, they were hysterical.