Add to research
Shooting for Socrates
Synopsis
Set during the 1986 World Cup when Northern Ireland met Brazil in the finals, the film tells the story of the Northern Ireland team’s momentous World Cup performance that year, through the eyes of players, fans (including a 10-year-old boy from East Belfast) and journalists. The film also includes the ‘wit and wisdom’ of Brazilian footballer Socrates de Souza.
Details
- Year
- 2014
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 92 mins
- Director
- James Erskine
- Producer
- James Erskine, Victoria Gregory
- Executive Producer
- Dominic Schreiber
- Editor
- Jason Savage
- Screenwriter
- James Erskine, Marie Jones
- Director of Photography
- Joel Devlin
- Production Designer
- Ashleigh Jeffers
- Music
- Andrew Simon McAllister
- Principal Cast
- John Hannah, Conleth Hill, Nico Mirallegro, Richard Dormer, Art Parkinson, Bronagh Gallagher, Sergio Mur
Production status
Complete
Please let us know if we need to make any amendments to this Film entry mailing us directly at
Last updated 21st May 2015
