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El penalti más largo del mundo

  • Comedy
Confirmed2005-03-085.45.7Trakt

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.

The Longest Penalty Shot in the World is a 2005 Spanish comedy following Fernando, an underdog substitute goalkeeper who gets his big chance when a penalty kick is called in a crucial match. Released in March 2005, the film chronicles the week-long delay before Fernando must face the decisive kick that will determine his team's championship fate.

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When was The Longest Penalty Shot in the World released?

The film was released on March 8, 2005.

Who stars in the movie?

Fernando Tejero plays the lead role of Fernando, the substitute goalkeeper.

What is the plot about?

The story follows Fernando, a supermarket worker and third-string goalkeeper, who finally gets to play when a penalty kick is called. After fans invade the field and disrupt the kick, a week-long delay ensues before he faces the same penalty, which will determine whether his team wins the district championship.

What genre is this film?

The Longest Penalty Shot in the World is a comedy.

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