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Eleven Men Out (original title: Strákarnir okkar) is icelandic comedy-drama directed by Robert Ingi Douglas.. The film participated in the Toronto International Film Festival (2005), the Berlin International Film Festival (2006).
Ottar Thor is the star player of the Icelandic football team KR (Reykjavik FC). He is a well liked player who causes a stir when he admits being gay to his team mates and then goes on a journey to discover himself (with the help of the local press). He soon finds himself on the bench for most of his team's matches and decides to call it quits with KR. He joins a small amateur team mainly made up of men like himself - gay guys trying to play soccer in a straight world.
The director of KR, who happens to be Ottar Thor's dad, tries everything in his power to persuade Ottar to come back and play for his team, but the catch is that he needs to get himself back into the closet before playing pro football again. A struggle between father and son starts. Ottar Thor also has a son, a teenager that is not coping too well with all the attention his dad is getting, for all the wrong reasons.
Ottar Thor finally gives into his father and returns to KR on the condition that KR plays one match against the gay team. His father accepts this condition, not realising that the match will take place on Gay Pride Day.
Eleven Men Out (original title: Strákarnir okkar) is icelandic comedy-drama directed by Robert Ingi Douglas.. The film participated in the Toronto International Film Festival (2005), the Berlin International Film Festival (2006).
Ottar Thor is the star player of the Icelandic football team KR (Reykjavik FC). He is a well liked player who causes a stir when he admits being gay to his team mates and then goes on a journey to discover himself (with the help of the local press). He soon finds himself on the bench for most of his team's matches and decides to call it quits with KR. He joins a small amateur team mainly made up of men like himself - gay guys trying to play soccer in a straight world.
The director of KR, who happens to be Ottar Thor's dad, tries everything in his power to persuade Ottar to come back and play for his team, but the catch is that he needs to get himself back into the closet before playing pro football again. A struggle between father and son starts. Ottar Thor also has a son, a teenager that is not coping too well with all the attention his dad is getting, for all the wrong reasons.
Ottar Thor finally gives into his father and returns to KR on the condition that KR plays one match against the gay team. His father accepts this condition, not realising that the match will take place on Gay Pride Day.
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Το κατέβασα και το είδα αλλά για να είμαι ειλικρινής δε μου άρεσε καθόλου!
Συμφωνώ μαζί σου. Ήτανε μεγάλη πατάτα και προχτές που τη γύρισα στο φίλο που μου την έδωσε του είπα ότι έχασα την ώρα μου.
Μου φαίνεται ότι έχουμε τα ίδια γούστα στις ταινίες. Έχεις να μου πεις καμιά καλή για να δω;
Θα συμφωνήσω κι εγώ μαζί σας ότι δεν πρόκειται για καμιά σπουδαία ταινία.
Όμως μια ταινία από την Ισλανδία για το γκέι ποδόσφαιρο είναι το λιγότερο κάτι αξιοπερίεργο.
Άλλωστε σε επόμενη ανάρτηση θα έχω μια παρουσίαση της βασκικής γκέι ομάδας ποδοσφαίρου, και ας πούμε ότι την χρησιμοποίησα σαν εισαγωγή στο θέμα.
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