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Basic Info
Release: March 11, 2025
Runtime: 77 min
Status: Released

Kick-Off

2025 77 min
Overview

In the remote village of Kök-Tash, Kyrgyzstan, where conservative norms confine women to domestic duties, an activist organizes a women's football tournament to challenge these patriarchal traditions. Stunningly filmed, visually captivating, and quite evocative, Kick-Off demonstrates how athletics has the power to break taboos, opposing the norms of traditionalism, while promoting gender quality in rigidly patriarchal societies, where women are left with no choice but to occupy the margins of solely inflexible, highly restrictive roles. Sports and play, being the most natural expression of human joy - unbound by limitations and uncontained, are the best response to the sullen "no's" imposed by any form of oppression.

Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
  • Germany
Spoken Languages
  • Kirghiz ky
  • Russian ru

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Cast
Crew
Roser Corella
Director
Roser Corella
Writer
Stefano Obino
Director
Stefano Obino
Writer
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