The Loneliness of the Left Wing-Back
La soledad del jugador de banda
Watch the loneliness of the left wing-back on Soap2day. "Football is synonymous with childhood and the neighborhood," asserts an interviewee in ‘La soledad del jugador de banda’ (‘The Loneliness of the Left Wing-Back’). Through the analogy between football and cinema, this documentary addresses the social, community, and identity-shaping power of the sport. Set against the backdrop of the working-class neighborhoods in southern Madrid, it reveals the desire to make films and the opportunities available to the working class to do so. Thus emerges a metacinematic narrative to reflect on form and the implications of creators and their desires. Furthermore, it explores how the communities built around football interact with the "other"—with the marginalized—through homophobia and machismo in sports. The filmmaker lays himself bare to tell his story as a fan, a player, a queer individual, and an aspiring filmmaker.
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: Spain
- Director: Víctor López Mínguez
- Cast: Víctor López Mínguez, Jesús Mínguez Sepúlveda, Tomás Parrilla, Pablo de la Serna, José Manuel Moreno, Juan Pedro Molina, Alex Gabriel Dita, Rafael Escobar, Ventura Zambrana, Sheyla Andrino, Irene López Mínguez, Raúl Espejo, Lourdes López Gallardo, Pedro Echavarría, Diego el Cigala, Mora Romero, Sofía Antuña, Gonzalo Canteli, Juan Galarza López, Luis Arenas, Esperanza Estévez,
