A 21st CENTURY PORTRAIT presents a different approach to the sports film, creating a real time portrait and a far reaching, in-depth film, focusing on one of the greatest soccer players of the century: Zinédine Zidane. During the entire 92 minutes of a Real Madrid vs. Villarreal match, seventeen super-35mm Scope format cameras were set around the Bernabeu Stadium focusing solely on Zidane, who agreed to become the centre of attention for this out-of-the-ordinary, full-length feature film.
In this film, the viewers are plunged into all facets of the universe, the psychology and the body of an athlete in action - an incomparable and breathtaking experience.
The team behind the seventeen cameras include operators who have worked in film with the likes of Martin Scorsese and Oliver Stone, as well as some of the world’s top sports camera operators including those that work for NFL Films and Major League Baseball. Additionally, two of the cameras where equipped with high definition zooms used only by the US Army until this film..