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Diego Maradona

Play trailer Poster for Diego Maradona 2019,  2h 0m,  Biography/ Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
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Diego Maradona

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Diego Maradona traces the arc of a standard sports documentary, but illuminates its subject with uncommon clarity and depth.

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Geordie Gray The Australian Dec 3, 2022
In this film, the athlete is a man of wild contradictions: there is Diego, the devoted son, hardworking and insecure; and Maradona, the character he invented to survive, arrogan, bullish, and on a downwards spiral. Go to Full Review
John Doyle Globe and Mail Dec 16, 2020
It's all here: the great games, goals and great scandals. It teems with life and is unlike most biopics about a sports legend. That is, it actually delivers a pungent sense of the atmosphere surrounding him. Go to Full Review
Ryu Spaeth The New Republic Oct 11, 2019
The tragedy of Maradona is that he was too simple to learn how to play anything other than soccer-and the sins for which he was punished, it turns out, were not really his, but ours. Go to Full Review
Christos Tsiolkas The Saturday Paper Aug 19, 2026
It’s as if director Asif Kapadia and editor Chris King started off knowing they wanted Maradona’s story to be a cautionary tale and they’ve tried to bash the material to fit this mould. Go to Full Review
Emma Donnelly Film Ireland Magazine Sep 4, 2025
It could be a filmmaker honing their craft, or the sheer wealth of documentation available for this subject, but Diego Maradona surpasses its two cinematic predecessors in terms of style and technical achievement. Go to Full Review
Marcelo Paredes Cinencuentro May 28, 2025
...it's a classic rise-and-fall story, showing this period in Naples being the one that perfectly encapsulates everything football has meant during [Diego's] years in the media spotlight. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Asif Kapadia

Director

Diego Maradona

Actor

James Gay-Rees

Producer

Antônio Pinto

Music

Chris King

Film Editor

Paul Martin

Producer

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Movie Info

Director
Asif Kapadia
Producer
James Gay-Rees, Paul Martin
Production Co
Film 4, Lorton Entertainment, On The Corner Films Limited
Genre
Biography, Documentary
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 16, 2019
Runtime
2h 0m
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