“The film is simply a football match between Real Madrid and Villarreal which took place on April 25 2005.

17 cameras are entrained on Zidane during the course of the match giving an insight that is rarely seen during televised football matches. Player-cam this is not. You often don’t see the ball, even when he has it.

What is striking is how little he says and maybe even how little he moves. To begin with he is a periphery figure.

…The concentration etched on Zidane’s face during he film is rarely broken. He looks tough and smiles only once when joking with Roberto Carlos.”

From the BBC: The frustration of Zidane