DIEGO MARADONA A film by ASIF KAPADIA 2019 – UK – 130 minutes INTERNATIONAL SALES INTERNATIONAL PUBLICITY ALTITUDE FILM SALES Karina Gechtman, Head of International ORGANIC Marketing and Publicity Organicinternational@organic-
[email protected] publicity.co.uk DIEGO MARADONA – PRODUCTION NOTES DIEGO MARADONA SHORT SYNOPSIS The third film from the Academy Award® and BAFTA-winning team behind SENNA and AMY, and producer Paul Martin, DIEGO MARADONA is constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage from Maradona’s personal archive with the full support of the man himself. On 5th July 1984, Diego Maradona arrived in Naples for a world-record fee. For seven years all hell broke loose. The world’s most celebrated football icon and the most passionate but dangerous city in Europe were a perfect match for each other. On the pitch, Diego Maradona was a genius. Off the pitch, he was treated like a God. The charismatic Argentine loved a fight against the odds and led Napoli to their first-ever title. It was the stuff of dreams. But there was a price… Diego could do as he pleased while performing miracles on the pitch but, as time passed, darker days closed in. LONG SYNOPSIS Diego Maradona was considered the best player in the world from the moment he burst onto the scene in his native Argentina. And yet success proved elusive. He failed at Barcelona. He was considered a problem player, too interested in partying. Meanwhile, having never won a major tournament, the ailing Italian football giant SSC Napoli were perennial underachievers. Their fanatical support was unequalled in both passion and size.