The Longest Penalty Shot in the World

The Longest Penalty Shot in the World

Directed by Roberto Santiago

Produced by Tornasol Media, Ensueño Films

2005100 min5.4 / 10

A lighthearted sports comedy about an underdog substitute goalkeeper given one chance at redemption, built on the tension of a single delayed penalty kick and the human drama of that waiting week.

Fernando (Fernando Tejero) is a loser. A gray type, without ambition, that works like bookcases distributor in a supermarket of the quarter. In his free short whiles, he is a substitute keeper of a football team, a third regional one. In all the season he has not played a single minute. But the last Sunday of the league the referee indicates penalty and the regular keeper injures itself. Fernando must occupy the goal for the first time. If penalty scores, the team of the district will proclaim champion. If no, all the effort of a year will not have been worth for anything. When the penalty is just about to be kicked, a group of indignant fans with the referee invades the field and prevents the kick. The competition committee decides that the penalty must play the following Sunday, in the same goal, with same players and the field closed to the public. El Penalti más largo del mundo, (The Longest Penalty Shot in the World) is exactly the history of that week of delay.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Longest Penalty Shot in the World scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is The Longest Penalty Shot in the World violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is The Longest Penalty Shot in the World easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.

  • Does The Longest Penalty Shot in the World end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is The Longest Penalty Shot in the World sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

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Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity63

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Surprise8

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Love7

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