Jul 28, 2010
SFFILM
The Two Escobars (USA 2010), Jeff and Michael Zimbalist’s captivating telling of the tragically entwined stories of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar and star soccer defender Andrés Escobar, opens Friday, August 27 on SFFS Screen at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas.
Pablo Escobar was the richest, most powerful drug kingpin in the world, ruling the Medellín Cartel with an iron fist. Andrés Escobar was the biggest soccer star in Colombia. The two were not related, but their fates were inextricably-and fatally-intertwined. Pablo’s drug money had turned Andrés’s national team into South American champions, favored to win the 1994 World Cup in Los Angeles. It was there, in a game against the U.S., that Andrés committed one of the most shocking mistakes in soccer history, scoring an “own goal” that eliminated his team from the competition and changed his life forever.
The Two Escobars is a riveting examination of the intersection of sports, crime and politics. For Colombians, soccer was far more than a game: Their entire national identity rode on the success or failure of their team. Jeff and Michael Zimbalist’s fast and furious documentary plays out on an ever-expanding canvas, painting a fascinating portrait of Pablo, Andrés and a country in the grips of a violent, escalating civil war. -David Ansen, Los Angeles Film Festival
Written by Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist. Photographed by Jeff Zimbalist. 100 min. In English and Spanish with English subtitles. Blu-ray Disc. Distributed by All Rise Films.
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Also coming to SFFS Screen
July 30: Alamar Pedro González-Rubio’s lovingly made story of the growing bond between a father and son who are spending a summer together on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, demonstrates exquisite poetry and sophisticated craft.
August 6: Making Plans for Lena In Christophe Honoré’s latest work a family weekend in the Breton countryside spirals out of control for recent divorcée Lena (Chiara Mastroianni) when her mother invites her ex over without her knowledge in this New Wave-inspired look at a woman on the verge.
August 13: Vengeance Johnnie To’s genre-busting gem populated by a hit man turned chef, family men moonlighting as assassins and earnestly official women detectives stars Johnny Hallyday, the iconic French crooner who exudes cool.
August 20: Army of Crime Robert Guédiguian’s lush historical drama focuses on a largely overlooked cell of French Resistance fighters-refugees of the antifascist fight throughout Europe, mostly Jews and communists-led by French Armenian poet Missak Manouchian (Simon Abkarian) and his wife Mélinée (Virginie Ledoyen).
September 3: Dogtooth In Yorgos Lanthimos’s new drama the matriarch and patriarch of an upper-class Greek family teach their three college-age offspring an alternate language to protect a larger deception.
September 10: Change of Plans Danièle Thompson’s light comedy begins as a group of friends and acquaintances gather for dinner, and the atmosphere couldn’t be friendlier. Slowly the masks of civility drop and suspicions, jealousies and fears emerge.
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