The Loneliness of the Left Wing-Back
Why would you love football?
Directed by Víctor López Mínguez
Plot
"Football is synonymous with childhood and the neighborhood," asserts an interviewee in ‘La soledad del jugador de banda’ (‘The Loneliness of the Left Wing-Back’). Through the analogy between football and cinema, this documentary addresses the social, community, and identity-shaping power of the sport. Set against the backdrop of the working-class neighborhoods in southern Madrid, it reveals the desire to make films and the opportunities available to the working class to do so. Thus emerges a metacinematic narrative to reflect on form and the implications of creators and their desires. Furthermore, it explores how the communities built around football interact with the "other"—with the marginalized—through homophobia and machismo in sports. The filmmaker lays himself bare to tell his story as a fan, a player, a queer individual, and an aspiring filmmaker.
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Cast
Víctor López Mínguez
Author
Jesús Mínguez Sepúlveda
Interviewee
Tomás Parrilla
Footballer
Pablo de la Serna
Goalkeeper
José Manuel Moreno
Interviewee
Juan Pedro Molina
Interviewee
Alex Gabriel Dita
Interviewee
Rafael Escobar
Interviewee
Ventura Zambrana
Interviewee
Sheyla Andrino
Interviewee
Irene López Mínguez
Camerawoman & Model
Raúl Espejo
Interviewee
Lourdes López Gallardo
Interviewee
Pedro Echavarría
Interviewee
Diego el Cigala
Background extra