Sunday Ball

Name: Sunday Ball
Genre: Documentary
Released: December 4, 2015
Duration: 71 min
Rating: 80

2015

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Cinema Slate | Release Date: December 4, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Set in the Sampaio neighborhood (close to the Maracanã Stadium, where the 2014 World Cup final was held), Sunday Ball brings audiences up-close to a final match between two rival teams: Geração (from the Matriz favela) and Juventude (from the Sampaio favela).

Director: Eryk Rocha

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 71 min

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Jay Weissberg

Dec 10, 2015

Stunningly shot and marvelously edited to capture the rhythms of the game, the pic transcends its subject much in the way Roger Angell’s essays on baseball offer rare pleasures even to those uninterested in the game. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Dec 13, 2015

Refreshingly free of the tired human-interest personality profiles that afflict sports documentaries on both the big and small screens, director Eryk Rocha has created an impressionistic, visually stunning cinematic essay. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Dec 10, 2015

Captured more for poetry than for clarity, the topography of penalties and free kicks can be impossible to follow. But Léo Bittencourt’s photography has flash and flair, and hardscrabble determination on a real-life field of dreams has a narrative all its own. Read full review

Michael Nordine

Dec 10, 2015

Trash talk among competitors and spectators alike is a constant background hum, the informal banter taking the place of traditional talking-head documentary interviews. Read full review

Noel Murray

Apr 9, 2016

Even viewers who know nothing about soccer can enjoy how Rocha captures the beauty of a communal event through editing and shot selection alone. Read full review

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EpicLadySponge

Oct 7, 2016

Sunday Ball is filled with very interesting plot lines that must not be missed by several people. Otherwise, you won't experience how much it takes this movie to do whatever it does.

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