Next Goal Wins
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Quirky sports comedy in the style of "Cool Runnings" about the unsuccessful soccer team from American Samoa.
A fun start to the new year! With the good-humored culture clash comedy NEXT GOAL WINS about a US soccer coach who reaches his limits in a tropical island paradise. He has to get the local team in shape for the World Cup qualifiers, but with plenty of beach, sun and palm trees, this is no easy task: The American Samoa team is infamous for their brutal 31-0 defeat at FIFA 2001. With the next World Cup qualifiers just around the corner, the likeably chaotic team hires Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender), a former successful coach at the absolute nadir of his career. His job is to turn the worst soccer team in the world into winners. In order for the unconventional bunch to become a real team in time, they all have to rise above themselves, because only together can they achieve their big dream of scoring a goal. Based on true events, Oscar® winner and cult director Taika Waititi ("Jojo Rabbit", "Thor: Love and Thunder") creates a good-humored comedy about the hapless American Samoa soccer...
This film is not shown in our current program
Our program for the cinema week starting on Thursday will be published each Monday afternoon