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Directed by: Carlos Moreno, Gerardo Muyshondt
Starring: Luis Guevara Mora, Mauricio Alonso Rodríguez, Luis Ramírez Zapata, Norberto Huezo
Runtime: 102 min
Why it mattersAI-assisted
El Salvador's football team unites the country during civil war. It matters as a symbol of national pride1.
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synopsis — In the early 1980s, at the beginning of what would become a 12-year-long civil war, El Salvador's talented football team was one national institution upon which both the left and the right could agree. When the team pulled off a stunning 1-0 upset against Mexico and qualified to compete in the 1982 World Cup, it was a high point for the tiny country's national pride. Unfortunately, the team's Cinderella story devolved into a nightmarish farce.
credit — Directed by Carlos Moreno.
credit — Directed by Gerardo Muyshondt.
Synopsis
In the early 1980s, at the beginning of what would become a 12-year-long civil war, El Salvador's talented football team was one national institution upon which both the left and the right could agree. When the team pulled off a stunning 1-0 upset against Mexico and qualified to compete in the 1982 World Cup, it was a high point for the tiny country's national pride. Unfortunately, the team's Cinderella story devolved into a nightmarish farce.
