The Referee

Jun 3, 2010

0h 29m

★ 6.9

What price do you pay to be a world class soccer referee?

Overview

Swedish soccer referee Martin Hansson had a successful journey towards his big dream in life, the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Then one dark night in Paris on November 18th, 2009, all hell broke loose.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

Sveriges Television (SVT)

Freedom From Choice

The Referee Trailers

Cast

Himself

Martin Hansson

Narrator (voice)

Mattias Löw

Self

Pelé

Self

Thierry Henry

Self

Arsène Wenger

Self

Anders Frisk

Self

Stefan Wittberg

Self

Bo Karlsson

Self

Sepp Blatter

Self

Erik Niva

Self

Nicolas Anelka

Self

Shay Given

Suh, whose favorite Packer will always be Mason Crosby; Omi and Ayaka, whose infant daughter already sports a green and gold onesie, and Ryuta aka “fatdragon08” who briefly lived in Milwaukee in 1990, studying English, where he was teased for wearing a San Fancisco 49ers jacket, and subsequently converted to the Pack Life. Benzine’s film lets us spend quality time with these super fans, and then follows them as they make plans to cross the sea to see their beloved Packers in-person at Lambeau! As director Benzine says, “No Packers, No Life is a story about a sports team and their fans, but more than that it illustrates how people from all over the world can come together and unite over a common passion. Also, the Japanese fans arrive in Green Bay and get to ride the Zippin Pippin and party a lot. It’s a very good time.”

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