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Year:- 1997 Runtime:- 99 mins (Widescreen) Language:- English Director:- David Evans Writer:- Nick Hornby (book+screenplay) Actors:- Luke Aikman, Bea Guard, Neil Pearson, Ruth Gemmell, Colin Firth, Richard Claxton, Ken Stott, Holly Aird, Mark Strong, Lorraine Ashbourne, Peter Quince, Charles Cork, Bob Curtiss, Philip Bond, Scott Baker
Plot:- When Paul, a middle-aged British teacher who nurses an obsession for the North London football team Arsenal, meets Sarah, a seemingly uptight young woman who is a single-minded professional, he is forced to drastically re-evаluate his life. Sarah loathes the sport, while Paul's entire life is based on it--it is the only place in his life that allows him to feel true joy or pain, as well as a sense of national identity. Soon Sarah is pregnant, and although she's growing to enjoy her husband's pastime, she worries that Paul cares more for the sport than for the relationship and the impending arrival of fatherhood. Paul observes how the relationship is indeed mirroring the team's streak of wins and losses. But with Arsenal in contention for the 1989 First Division Championship--after an 18 year barren spell--Paul and Sarah have one fleeting chance to restore their touchy union.
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