Carlos Cuaron - The only moment football really stops is with a penalty kick - and that is

The only moment football really stops is with a penalty kick - and that is a moment that is really dramatic. A penalty kick becomes a Western duel. It's two guys facing each other. Destiny and potential death, whether metaphorical or literal. That's why in the penalty kick at the end of the film, I shot it like an homage to the Sergio Leone Westerns I saw when I was a kid, especially The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.

- Carlos Cuaron

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topic: Football, Kids, Destiny, Metaphorical, Literal, Good The Bad And The Ugly, Sergio Leone