email print share on Facebook share on Twitter share on LinkedIn share on reddit pin on Pinterest

PRODUCTION France

Goal of the Dead : "Football is a collective sport, survival is not"

by 

- On March 4th, eight weeks of filming will begin on this horror movie in two parts, directed by Benjamin Rocher and Thierry Poiraud

Although rarely addressed in French cinema, the horror movie genre has found two solid propagators in brothers Benjamin and Raphaël Rocher. Revealed with The Horde [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
(selected at the Venice Days 2009), co-directed by the former and produced by the latter, the duo is launching another chilling campaign by mixing zombies and football in Goal of the Dead, [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
with 8 weeks of filming to begin on March 4th. In the 1970's tradition of double Grind House programmes, the feature film will be composed of two movies, Première mi-temps and Seconde mi-temps (lit. First Half and Second Half), directed respectively by Benjamin Rocher and Thierry Poiraud (Atomik Circus). The cast will notably include Alban Lenoir, Charlie Bruneau and Ahmed Fylla.

(The article continues below - Commercial information)

Written by Nicolas Peufaillit (César 2010 for Best Screenplay for A Prophet [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jacques Audiard
interview: Jacques Audiard and Tahar R…
film profile
]
), Quoc Dang Tran, Laetitia Trapet, Ismael Sy Savané, Tristan Schulman and Marie Garel, the screenplay is set in a small village in north-eastern France, where the local football team just qualified for the 32nds of the national cup final. The whole village is ecstatic, especially since a match will take place with stars from the Olympique de Paris, the N°1 club in the first league. Undermined by internal conflicts, the Parisian club’s season is catastrophic and the team cannot allow itself any more mistakes. The match that begins not only confronts amateurs with professionals, but also the rural world with the urban one, the provinces with the capital, the poor with the rich. While the amateur players are winning against the professionals, a devastating epidemic instantaneously transforms players, spectators and residents into rabid creatures. The survivors have to show solidarity if they hope to survive. Will team spirit be the path to salvation? Or the road to perdition?

Produced by Raphaël Rocher for Capture the Flag Films, Goal of the Dead has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+. Also funded by Sofica Cinémage and B Media Export (carried by Back Up Films), the feature film is being marketed internationally by Films Distribution, which has also acquired distribution rights for French screens.  

(The article continues below - Commercial information)

(Translated from French)

Did you enjoy reading this article? Please subscribe to our newsletter to receive more stories like this directly in your inbox.

Privacy Policy