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The Referees(2009)
Status: Released
Date: 2009-08-10
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Time: 1h 17m
Overview:
How can a few crucial minutes in a football match change the life of an entire family? How do the "men in black" feel when they are attacked by supporters? Kill the Referee unveils the lives of several professional football referees at the EURO 2008 championship; amongst them, the English referee Howard Webb, who provoked incredible controversy when he gave a penalty to Austria just before the end of the match with Poland, and the Italian Roberto Rosetti, who refereed the final.
Languages: English, Italian, German, Russian, French, Swedish.
Countries:
Belgium
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Referees
Top 7 Billed Cast
Michel Platini
Self
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Self
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