Filmic Football Fever!
All of a sudden we’re busy every night. Every tiny bar has at least one flatscreen set up, shouts and screams roam the streets. The European Cup has started! The football fever is back and will certainly infatuate many more within the next three weeks. Football moves the masses. Since Friday flags are everywhere: they are hanging from balconies and cars, they become skirts and capes, and even shots of strawberry limes and other liqueurs are layered to represent flags. Personally, I’m not a big fan of this national pride everyone seems to be wearing on their cheeks these days, but as soon as it’s kick off, I’m there!
Of course football is also one massive piece of theatre! Players, coaches and fans know their parts by heart, and of course every striker knows what to do after scoring a goal in order to satisfy the audience. I’m sure this European Cup will provide plenty of joyous dancing, pulled up shirts and sliding on the grass; as well as weeping men and ripped flags hanging in trees whenever it didn’t end up well.
For those fans who can’t get enough, the following films will provide additional football entertainment. And for those who don’t watch football, well at least you’ll be able to take part in the conversation a little…