The Loneliness of the Left Wing-Back
2024, Spanish. Directed by Víctor López Mínguez.
Why would you love football?
"Football is synonymous with childhood and the neighborhood," asserts an interviewee in ‘La soledad del jugador de banda’ (‘The Loneliness of the Left Wing-Back’). Through the analogy between football and cinema, this documentary addresses the social, community, and identity-shaping power of the sport. Set against the backdrop of the working-class neighborhoods in southern Madrid, it reveals the desire to make films and the opportunities available to the working class to do so. Thus emerges a metacinematic narrative to reflect on form and the implications of creators and their desires. Furthermore, it explores how the communities built around football interact with the "other"—with the marginalized—through homophobia and machismo in sports. The filmmaker lays himself bare to tell his story as a fan, a player, a queer individual, and an aspiring filmmaker.
- Runtime
- 0h 32m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Spanish
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Cast & crew
- Víctor López MínguezDirector
- Víctor López MínguezAuthor
- Jesús Mínguez SepúlvedaInterviewee
- Tomás ParrillaFootballer
- Pablo de la SernaGoalkeeper
- José Manuel MorenoInterviewee
- Juan Pedro MolinaInterviewee
- Alex Gabriel DitaInterviewee
- Rafael EscobarInterviewee
- Ventura ZambranaInterviewee
- Sheyla AndrinoInterviewee
- Irene López MínguezCamerawoman & Model
- Raúl EspejoInterviewee
Details
- Released
- 5 October 2024
- Original title
- La soledad del jugador de banda
- Country
- Spain
- Written by
- Víctor López Mínguez
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The Loneliness of the Left Wing-Back isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 October 2024. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Loneliness of the Left Wing-Back?
The Loneliness of the Left Wing-Back (2024) was directed by Víctor López Mínguez and stars Víctor López Mínguez, Jesús Mínguez Sepúlveda, Tomás Parrilla.