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How the Homeless World Cup Soccer Tournament Inspired the Netflix Drama The Beautiful Game

The Beautiful Game is a fictional movie about the very real Homeless World Cup Tournament, which for two decades, has brought together hundreds of people for a soccer tournament. Starring Bill Nighy as a grieving widower who throws himself into coaching as a way to gain meaning from his life, the film, out March 29, aims to kickstart awareness about the real tournament and change viewers’ perceptions of the homeless and people in recovery. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] In the film, Mal (Nighy) is a longtime coach of homeless English soccer players.

 

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