Engaging and humorous off-field football drama that is a delight for football lovers
I've seen quite a number of football movies being a big football fan. There are lots of biographies and dramtic football movies but none like Rudo y Cursi. First of all, even though the two central characters are footballers, most of the film takes place outside the football field. In fact we get to see the ball being kicked around only a couple of times throughout the movie. It may seem that this movie hardly qualifies as a football movie, but it is not so. The peculiar feature of Rudo y Cursi is that all facets of life are explained through football rules and philosophies. The human life is turned into a strange football metaphor.
Rudo y Cursi is essentially a movie about high-stakes... |