In every defeat there is a victory.
A sport like football is primarily a passionate celebration, but one that is so massive (economically, politically and socially) that it, of course, also brings many problems. Olallo Rubio's third documentary (and fourth film in total), Ilusión Nacional, is a take on how the world's most popular sport relates to Mexican society and politics.
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as Narrator
AliveBorn: June 3, 1977
Age: 49
Mexico
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBorn: July 11, 1958
Age: 68
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: October 30, 1960
Died: November 25, 2020
Age at death: 60
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBirth date not on record.
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AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self (voice)
DeceasedBorn: September 3, 1940
Died: April 13, 2015
Age at death: 74
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBorn: October 15, 1966
Age: 59
Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: October 11, 1937
Died: October 21, 2023
Age at death: 86
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBorn: July 2, 1942
Age: 84
Mexico City, Mexico
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBorn: December 22, 1968
Age: 57
Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: December 12, 1934
Died: January 1, 2012
Age at death: 77
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: April 20, 1889
Died: April 30, 1945
Age at death: 56
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: July 29, 1883
Died: April 28, 1945
Age at death: 61
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBirth date not on record.
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AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: August 24, 1977
Died: November 10, 2009
Age at death: 32
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBorn: April 3, 1948
Age: 78
Mexico
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBorn: March 1, 1989
Age: 37
Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: October 23, 1940
Died: December 29, 2022
Age at death: 82
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBorn: February 5, 1992
Age: 34
Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Self (archive footage)
AliveBorn: April 6, 1946
Age: 80
Puebla, Mexico