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Telespan 2000
Principe de Vergara, 93 1°B
28006 Madrid
Spanien
Tel.: +34 91 562 45 32
Fax: +34 91 562 73 30
E-Mail: bdelgado@telespan2000.com

René Soza

Pablo Blanco Guzmán

Media Luna Entertainment
Hochstadenstraße 1?3,
50674 Köln
Deutschland
Tel.: +49 221 80 14 98 0
Fax: +49 221 80 14 98 22
E-Mail: info@medialuna-entertainment.de
Internet: www.medialuna-entertainment.de

Synopsis

Valeria, Vilma and Mercy are prostitutes living in Guatemala. The price for their services is two dollars. All three belong to a group of women who work in the vicinity of 'La Linea', the railway line that cuts straight across Guatemala City and runs to the Pacific Ocean. All of them dream of an end to the violence against them and of being treated with respect. In order to publicise their plight - which also includes harassment by the police on a regular basis - they decide to form a football team. After weeks of training, they register for a local championship. But they are barred from taking part - simply because they are prostitutes. Their disqualification unleashes some hefty controversy which has significant effect on their lives.
But this set-back only gets them going! Several TV stations pick up on the scandal and the "Estrellas" become stars overnight with teams lining up to play the girls from the wrong side of the tracks...

Chema Rodríguez follows the women from their first training to their last game. His powerful and entertaining documentary shows the hardship of their daily lives, but also succeeds in creating intimate portraits of these strong and charismatic women.

Biography

Sahel, la frontera herida (1999), El barco de Ulises (2001), La Llamade de Africa (2003), Vivir en el ague (2004), Atidos (2005), The Railroad All-Stars (2006)

Filmography

Sahel, la frontera herida (1999), El barco de Ulises (2001), La Llamade de Africa (2003), Vivir en el ague (2004), Atidos (2005), The Railroad All-Stars (2006)

Dates

52

06.10.2007

14:00

Festsaal