Australia
the chronicles of a delayed success
64 mins
How do seven young people, former street children from Romania, get to see the Pacific Ocean? On 1 December 2008, a Romanian national team participates for the first time in the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne, Australia. The film follows the team from the formation of the squad to the end of the championship. The young people are from Timisoara and Arad, runaway children who now live in abandoned houses or who have managed to get a job and live in rented accommodation after going through orphanages or prisons. After taking a beating from many teams, the young Romanians manage to beat the USA. They are happy. They are all thinking of never going "home" again. It's warm and nice here, the people are nice. "In case I stay, I kissed you all!" says one of them cautiously. But after taking pictures of themselves on the beach with the ocean behind them and beautiful girls by their side, the seven return to Romania and get on with their lives.
Florin Batrinu
Self
Vasile Bereghi
Self
Pavel Calancea
Self
Claudiu Kostity
Self
Radu Munteanu
Self
Daniel Podina
Self
Mihai Rosus
Self
Tudor Giurgiu
Producer
Anca Harabagiu
Producer
Luiza Zan
Music
Răzvan Lazarovici
Production Coordinator
Ileana Cecanu
Public Relations
Victor Dumitrovici
Colorist
Amalia Toader
Finance
Alina Tapardel
Post-Production Manager
Irina Ilie
Accountant
Vlad Voinescu
Sound
Aurelian Nica
Producer
Răzvan Lazarovici
Cinematography
Dragos Apetri
Sound
Elena Diaconu
Script
Toma Velio
Cinematography
Carmen Harabagiu
Producer
Anca Dragoi
Public Relations