Soccer Film Final: The Final Kick

Tue, Jun 6
7:30pm
Donation suggested

The Vote has been Cast, and THE WINNER IS:
THE FINAL KICK
Germany 1995, 56min.
with English subtitles
DIR Andi Rogenhagen
On the 17th of July, 12:30 local time, the final of the Football =

World Cup 1994 kicked off in Los Angeles. Almost two billion people =

followed this event live on television. The documentary THE FINAL =

KICK unites the most dramatic moments of a final with reactions from =

viewers all over the world: in a Dominican monastery in the Czech =

Republic, in front of a mega-screen at the train station in Beijing, =

in the harem of the most famous folk singer in Cameroon, at the fish =

market in Seoul, in a prison in Minsk and in many other places. Local =

film-makers, among them big names like Mika Kaurism=E4ki and Victor =

Gaviria, were filming in 40 countries simultaneously. A fascinating, =

global documentary that shows the final moments of the World Cup 94 =

between Italy and Brazil: the unforgettable FINAL KICK.

Venue:

Goethe-Institut, Auditorium
530 Bush Street
San Francisco
415-263-8760
www.goethe.de/sanfrancisco

nearest BART & MUNI: Montgomery Station
Venue across from the Stockton/Sutter garage

Additional Info:

415-263-8760
www.goethe.de/sanfrancisco