Swedish teenager Martin Bengtsson (Erik Enge) is recruited as a professional soccer player for the Italian club Inter Milan; it’s a dream come true, but Martin finds it hard to adapt. Based on the true story of a pro who suffered from depression and turned his back on a lucrative career after trying to kill himself, the film shows how top clubs need to take better care of the talents they enlist – especially those who are still technically children. It’s a tough, competitive milieu, constantly intimidating, and Enge’s intense performance makes it easy to sympathize. Ronnie Sandahl makes it all ring true, even Martin’s immature romance with a fellow Swede in Milan.

2021-Sweden-Denmark-Italy. 116 min. Color. Produced by Piodor Gustafsson, Lucia Nicolai, Marcello Paolillo, Birgitte Skov. Written and directed by Ronnie Sandahl. Book: Martin Bengtsson (”In the Shadow of San Siro”). Music: Jonas Colstrup. Cast: Erik Enge (Martin Bengtsson), Liv Mjönes (Karin), Frida Gustavsson (Vibeke), Alfred Enoch, Johannes Kuhnke, Maurizio Lombardi.

Trivia: Original title: Tigrar.

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