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MI MUNDIAL

By Carlos MORELLI

U FILMS SRL - as PROD

Family - Completed 2017

A 13-year old small-town soccer prodigy gets the chance of his life to follow his dreams and get his humble family out of poverty. It takes a misfortune to bring him down to earth and recognize what is really important in life.

Festivals
& Awards

Busan - BIFF/APM 2017
Guadalajara FICG 2017
Work-in-progress
Cannes 2017
Mar Del Plata FF 2017
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Family
    • Countries
    • URUGUAY, ARGENTINA, BRAZIL
    • Languages
    • SPANISH, BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
    • Duration
    • 102 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Carlos MORELLI
    • Writer(s)
    • Carlos MORELLI
    • Producer(s)
    • Lucia GAVIGLIO (La Gota Cine )
    • Synopsis
    • A 13-year old small-town soccer prodigy from Uruguay gets the chance of his life to follow his dreams and get his humble family out of poverty. Propelled into youth pro soccer, he is soon blinded by life in the fast track and gets into collision course with his heart-of-gold janitor dad.
      It takes an accident to bring him down to earth and recognize what is really important in life.
      Based on the book "Mi Mundial" a coming-of-age Latin American best-seller by former Uruguayan soccer player, Daniel Baldi.