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Led by their coach Mal , the film follows the soccer team as they travel from London to Rome for the Homeless World Cup. At the last minute they decide to bring with them talented striker Vinny , but he must confront his own issues and once-promising past in order to help the team and move on with his own life.Blueprint Pictures’ Ben Knight and Diarmuid McKeown serve as executive producers alongside Ollie Madden and Daniel Battsek at Film4, which helped develop the pic.
A previous version of the project was mounted at Fox Searchlight with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson attached.is a film about succeeding against the odds. Our film shows the joy, drama and excitement of this real life tournament and the enormous potential of people left behind by society,” said Graham Broadbent.
Ward is repped by Olivia Bell Management, CAA and Management 360. Nighy is repped by Independent Talent and CAA.
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