The Loneliness of the Left Wing-Back (2024)
"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.
Director: Víctor López Mínguez
https://www.asementeira.gal/proxecto/la-soledad-del-jugador-de-banda/
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Víctor López Mínguez as Author |
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Jesús Mínguez Sepúlveda as Interviewee |
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Tomás Parrilla as Footballer |
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Pablo de la Serna as Goalkeeper |
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José Manuel Moreno as Interviewee |
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Juan Pedro Molina as Interviewee |
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Alex Gabriel Dita as Interviewee |
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Rafael Escobar as Interviewee |
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Ventura Zambrana as Interviewee |
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Sheyla Andrino as Interviewee |
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Irene López Mínguez as Camerawoman & Model |
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Raúl Espejo as Interviewee |
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Lourdes López Gallardo as Interviewee |
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Pedro Echavarría as Interviewee |
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Diego el Cigala as Background extra |
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Mora Romero as Shopper |
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Sofía Antuña as Model |
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Gonzalo Canteli as Model |
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Juan Galarza López as Model |
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Luis Arenas as Model |
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Esperanza Estévez as Model |
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Candela García Rodríguez as Model |
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Dani Cerezo as Model |
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Andrés Martínez Gotor as Interviewee |
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Diego Fernández as Interviewee |
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Danilo Napoli as Interviewee |
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Juani Bonaudi as Footballer |
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Alejandro Varela as Footballer |
| Directing | Víctor López Mínguez | Director |
| Production | Víctor López Mínguez | Producer |
| Editing | Víctor López Mínguez | Editor |
| Production | Marta Galán Zarzuelo | Producer |
| Writing | Víctor López Mínguez | Writer |
| Sound | Pablo de la Serna | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Juan Galarza López | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Tomás Parrilla | Camera Operator |
