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THE BLUE SCALLYWAGS - NIEBIESKIE CHACHARY

Facets Cinematheque
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THE BLUE SCALLYWAGS - NIEBIESKIE CHACHARY

2018, 94 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
dir. CEZARY GRZESIUK

Why does someone become a soccer fan? Is it about excitement, passion, being in a group, or a clubs unique history? What drives football fanatics? Cezary Grzesiuk spent a decade filming the lives of supporters of the Ruch Chorzów club. These many years of work allowed him to photograph the close-knit community of football fanatics. Not from the side-lines, not from behind a wall of police officers, but from the very heart of the ultras sector. This enabled him to show the brighter and darker side of the world of football fans in Poland and elsewhere. Themes in the film include the friendship between fans of Atlético Madrid and Ruch Chorzów and the hooligan code passed on from father to son.

Dlaczego czlowiek zostaje kibicem? Emocje, pasja, bycie we wspolnocie czy moze wyjatkowa historia klubu? Co kieruje futbolowymi fanatykami? Cezary Grzesiuk przez dekade filmowal zycie fanow Ruchu Chorzow. Wiele lat pracy dalo mozliwosc sfotografowania zamknietego srodowiska pilkarskich fanatykow. Nie z boku, nie zza szpaleru policjantow, ale z samego srodka stadionowego mlyna. Umozliwilo to pokazanie jasnych i ciemnych stron kibicowskiego swiata w Polsce i za granica. Jednym z watkow filmu jest przyjazn sympatykow Atlético Madryt i Ruchu Chorzow, innym chuliganski kodeks przekazywany z ojca na syna.