Text/Jinyang Network reporter He Jing
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Following the release of European films in small languages such as "Perfect Stranger", "Mirage" and "Invisible Guest" in the mainland, another Italian film "Champion" was popular among Chinese film fans, and the film was recently screened at the Shanghai Film Festival, with a Douban score of 8.1 points.
In the film, Christian, who is young and free-spirited but still loved, is a talented Italian footballer. One of his pranks had a bad social impact, and the club owner, in order to keep his sky-high sponsorship cooperation, ordered him to get a high school diploma to make up for his public image. To this end, the club specially invited him a personal mentor Valileo.
Valileo had never heard of the talented player before, a lonely and shy Professor Wen zhe who was plagued by financial problems and the shadows of the past. Varilleo was full of teaching enthusiasm, he sensed the forward's strategic thinking on the soccer field and the ability to analyze the game, so he used "football thinking" to teach. The alternative teaching method made the young Christian listen to it, and also broke through the inferiority complex that had always felt stupid in his heart.
Soon, the teacher and student developed an emotional bond that promoted each other's growth and change. Christian slowly opens his heart to Varilleo, who also digs out the rebellious boy's deep heart and loneliness under the giant starlight ring.
Stephanu Arcosi, who plays the teacher Valileo, won the 2002 Venice Film Festival for his film Love on a Trip, and Andrea Cappenzano, who plays Christian, is hailed as Italy's most promising new generation actor. During the filming process, the film was also fully sponsored by the Italian First Division team AS Roma, and filmed at the 80,000-person stadium at the home of AS Roma, presenting the real training scene of the Serie A team, adding a lot of watchability to the film. Some fans frankly said: "As a Roma fan, it is very happy to watch! ”
Director Agostini revealed during his exchanges with Chinese film fans that his work is about the friendship between two men, through continuous getting along, the two have changed from teachers and students to close friends and grow up with each other, "This is a very warm work, not only about friendship, but also about love between people." He also revealed that Christian's character is based on balotelli, a player belonging to the club's Inter Milan era.