The Referees
Directed by Eric Cardot, Yves Hinant, Delphine Lehericey
Produced by Entre Chien et Loup
An intimate documentary exploring how high-stakes refereeing decisions ripple through the personal lives of professional football officials, balancing the pressure of their role with their humanity.
How can a few crucial minutes in a football match change the life of an entire family? How do the "men in black" feel when they are attacked by supporters? Kill the Referee unveils the lives of several professional football referees at the EURO 2008 championship; amongst them, the English referee Howard Webb, who provoked incredible controversy when he gave a penalty to Austria just before the end of the match with Poland, and the Italian Roberto Rosetti, who refereed the final.
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