

Ilusión Nacional
In every defeat there is a victory.
Genres
Overview
A sport like football is primarily a passionate celebration, but one that is so massive (economically, politically and socially) that it, of course, also brings many problems. Olallo Rubio's third documentary (and fourth film in total), Ilusión Nacional, is a take on how the world's most popular sport relates to Mexican society and politics.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
100 min
Release Date
2014-04-04
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Vote Count
22
Vote Average
7.8
Olallo Rubio
Narrador
Hugo Sánchez
Self (archive footage)
Diego Maradona
Self (archive footage)
Antonio Carbajal
Self (archive footage)
Enrique Borja
Self (archive footage)
Julio Gómez
Self (archive footage)
Eduardo Galeano
Self (voice)
Javier Aguirre
Self (archive footage)
Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Self (archive footage)
Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
Self (archive footage)
Jorge Campos
Self (archive footage)
Bobby Charlton
Self (archive footage)
Giovani Dos Santos
Self (archive footage)
Vicente Fox
Self (archive footage)
Luis Hernández
Self (archive footage)
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Andrés Escobar
Self (archive footage)
Manuel Negrete
Self (archive footage)
Robert Enke
Self (archive footage)
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Self (archive footage)
Miguel Mejía Barón
Self (archive footage)
Carlos Vela
Self (archive footage)
Manuel Rosas
Self (archive footage)
Pelé
Self (archive footage)
Neymar
Self (archive footage)
Carlos Albert
Self (archive footage)
José Ramón Fernández
Self (archive footage)
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