James Erskine
August 1971. Soccer teams from England, Argentina, Mexico, France, Denmark, and Italy gather at Mexico City for a monumental tournament: crowds of over 100,000 roaring fans attending every match. But this is a tournament unlike anything that’s happened before. The players on the pitch are all women. And it’s likely you’ve never even heard of it. This is Copa ‘71, the pioneering unofficial Women’s World Cup. Dismissed by both the governing body and domestic soccer associations around the world, this event had been sidelined in history. Until now.
Director
James Erskine
Cast
Virginia Andrada, Ann Andreassen, Jan Barton, Armelle Binard
Country
United Kingdom
Running time
1h:31m
Section
TIFF Edition