Offside

Offside

Drama | Aug. 18, 2006

In the sleepy town of Stensfors, the soccer team used to be something to be proud of , playing in the national league 30 years ago. Now the team will be dissolved if it can't win the rest of the games in the local league. Team member Kent goes on a business trip to Liverpool and meet Duncan Miller, the premier league football star of the 1980s who promises to come over to Sweden and play a few games just for fun. Unfortunately, when he arrives it is obvious that their saviour is both an alcoholic and very unfit to play. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Offside

Drama | Aug. 18, 2006

Offside
In the sleepy town of Stensfors, the soccer team used to be something to be proud of , playing in the national league 30 years ago. Now the team will be dissolved if it can't win the rest of the games in the local league. Team member Kent goes on a business trip to Liverpool and meet Duncan Miller, the premier league football star of the 1980s who promises to come over to Sweden and play a few games just for fun. Unfortunately, when he arrives it is obvious that their saviour is both an alcoholic and very unfit to play. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers GötaFilm
Original title Offside
Directors Mårten Klingberg
Writers Mårten Klingberg, Oskar Söderlund

Cast

Jonas Karlsson

as Anders

Brendan Coyle

as Duncan Miller

Anja Lundqvist

as Åsa

Torkel Petersson

as Tommy

Ingvar Hirdwall

as Boston

Georgi Staykov

as Branko

Björn Bengtsson

as Peter