27 Mar 2009
The Slow Game
In an atmosphere between fiction and reality, a rugby game in the suburbs becomes the allegory of the daily struggle of an Italian family against the trials and tribulations of life.
Mercenary
Odyssey Saône, a young Wallisian of Caledonian origin, leaves everything behind to try his luck in France as a rugby player. Soane is thirsty for freedom, fighting for recognition that it lacks.
Top Billed Cast
Toki Pilioko Soane
Iliana Zabeth Coralie
Mikaele Tuugahala Sosefo
Laurent Pakihivatau Abraham
Petelo Sealeu Leone
Bessarion Udesiani Vasil
Omar Hasan Angelo
Mathias Dufaud Joachim
Dominique Pozzer M. Blanc
Maoni Talalua Tomasi
Teotola Maka Epifania
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