Africa United
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Olaf De Fleur
Einar Xavier Sveinsson
Zakaria Anbari
Zlatko Krickic
St Paul Edeh
Alex Lopez Munos
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In a cold, north European country, inhabited 95% by fair-skinned people, the popularity of a football club primarily made up of African immigrants is growing year by year. Zico, who arrived in Iceland from Morocco in 1989, headed the amateur team "Africa United" for ten years. Following his departure, the first season involving 3rd-league semi-professional teams turned out badly for these devotees from the black continent, the Balkans and South America. They were abandoned by their best striker, an event that threatened to drop them back to amateur football. Last year, the players re-formed and, this time, they are determined to succeed whatever it costs. Will they manage to do it? Or will they find themselves irretrievably labelled as forgotten outsiders? Johannesson's energetic look inside the locker room of an unusual football team uses a comic approach to show what happens when a Serb argues with a team-mate from Nigeria on a thirdleague Icelandic football pitch.
Director
Olaf De Fleur
Cast
Einar Xavier Sveinsson
Zakaria Anbari
Zlatko Krickic
St Paul Edeh
Alex Lopez Munos
Alan Curbishley
Crew
Olaf De Fleur
Olaf De Fleur
Olaf De Fleur
Gunter Hanfgarn
Sverrir Hreidarsson
Benedikt Johannesson
Benedikt Johannesson
Barði Jóhannsson
Skuli Fr Malmquist
Ragnar Santos
Ragnar Santos
Stefan Schaefer
Thor S. Sigurjonsson
Barbara Tolevska
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in Iceland October 21, 2005
DV-to-35mm
color
Dolby Digital
dialogue English, Icelandic and Serbian
Released in Iceland October 21, 2005
