The Champion (2019)
Il campione
Christian is an extremely talented as well as unpredictable football player. After his latest screw-up, the president of his team decides to assign him a personal tutor, to help him in controlling his temper. Valerio is a shy and solitary professor, the exact opposite of the champion. Sparks will fly between the two at first, but soon their relationship will change both for the better.
- Date of release
- 2019-04-18
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (403)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Leonardo D'Agostini
Casting
- Stefano Accorsi — Valerio Fioretti
- Andrea Carpenzano — Christian Ferro
- Ludovica Martino — Alessia
- Anita Caprioli — Cecilia
- Mario Sgueglia — Nico
- Massimo Popolizio — Tito
- Yuliia Sobol — Sylvie
- Douglas Dean — English Football Journalist
- Luca Elmi
- Ilir Jacellari
- Sonia De Meo — Madre di Alessia
- Camilla Semino Favro — Paola
Interesting facts
The Champion is a 2019 Italian comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Leonardo D'Agostini, in his directorial debut.
Production
Director Leonardo D'Agostini declared he got his inspiration for the film by Mario Balotelli's turbulent tenure at AC Milan, and by the club's decision to pair him with a tutor.
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