The Male Gaze: Strikers & Defenders (2020)
95 min
Work up a sweat from the soccer field to the locker room in these drama-fueled four films from Germany, France and the UK that explore how rivalry between teams can spill over into teacher-pupil relationships, high school crushes and brotherly compassion. The short films are: Islands [Inseln] (2018); Play It Like a Man [Un été viril] (2018); Colours (2015); Through the Fields [Passer les champs] (2015).
- Release date
- July 27, 2020
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $100,000
Trailer
Cast
- Harry Jarvis as Adam (segment: Colours)
- Matthieu Lucci as Thomas (segment: Play It Like a Man)
- Samuel Theis as Francis (segment: Play It Like a Man)
- Pierre Prieur as Théo (segment: Through the Fields)
- Makir Ahmed as Tom (segment: Colours)
- Simon Boutin as Loris (segment: Play It Like a Man)
- Connor Catchpole as Alex (segment: Colours)
- Lennart Hillmann as (segment: Islands)
- Andreas Klinger as Herr Krüger (segment: Islands)
- Julian Mannebach as Theo (segment: Islands)
Crew
- Fabien Cavacas · Director
- Ron Jäger · Director
- Laurent Lunetta · Director
- Camille Melvil · Director
- Fabien Cavacas · Writer
- Ron Jäger · Writer
- Laurent Lunetta · Writer
- Camille Melvil · Writer
- Prudence Beecroft · Producer
- Judith Lou Lévy · Producer
- Laurence Méoc · Producer
- Eve Robin · Producer
- Denis Gaubert · Cinematographer
- Vitali Kirsch · Cinematographer
- Aron Sögi · Cinematographer
- Raphaël Vandenbussche · Cinematographer
- Lizzy Graham · Editor