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Filmmaker Eryk Rocha sees how soccer unites a community of deprived fans.

Cast & Crew

Eryk Rocha
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Eryk Rocha
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Samantha Capdevile
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Monica Botelho
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Eryk Rocha
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Juan Posdas
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Critic Reviews for Sunday Ball

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  • Though almost entirely devoid of facts and figures, the film represents the best kind of cinematic journalism - more like a live-action painting than an ESPN special.

    April 8, 2016 | Full Review…

    Noel Murray

    Los Angeles Times

  • A happy marriage of rudimentary conditions and highly sophisticated filmmaking, Eryk Rocha's passionate documentary "Sunday Ball" dives into an amateur soccer game in the Brazilian slums and barely comes up for air.

    December 10, 2015 | Full Review…

    Jeannette Catsoulis

    New York Times

  • Stunningly shot and marvelously edited to capture the rhythms of the game, the pic transcends its subject much in the way Roger Angell's essays on baseball offer rare pleasures even to those uninterested in the game.

    December 9, 2015 | Full Review…

    Jay Weissberg

    Variety

  • Trash talk among competitors and spectators alike is a constant background hum, the informal banter taking the place of traditional talking-head documentary interviews.

    December 8, 2015 | Full Review…

    Michael Nordine

    Village Voice

  • Everything in this film draws undue attention to itself [...] when all we want to do is just watch a game and try to become immersed.

    December 11, 2015 | Full Review…

    David Noh

    Film Journal International
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