Leone Messi documentary film directed by Álex de la Iglesia.

Messi is a 2014 documentary film directed by Álex de la Iglesia. The film explores the rise of association football player Lionel Messi. The film was released on 1 January 2015.

Production:
The film focuses on Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, from his youth in Rosario to becoming one of the world's greatest players for Barcelona,[2] and features Jorge Valdano discussing the qualities of Messi with Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff and former Argentina manager César Luis Menotti. In making the film, Iglesia said he was influenced by Orson Welles' Citizen Kane and Woody Allen's Broadway Danny Rose.[4] The film was produced by Mediapro and distributed by Film Factory.

Reception:
After the film's premiere during the Venice Film Festival in 2014, Andrew Barker of Variety wrote that "the film is well shot and very briskly edited" and praised the choice to include figures throughout Messi's career and to not include Messi himself, but complained about that they "never interact in particularly interesting ways" and also highlighted the lack of insight into his character.

*Leone Messi*
Directed by	Álex de la Iglesia
Written by	Jorge Valdano
Starring	Jorge Valdano Johan Cruyff César Luis Menotti
Production company	Mediapro
Distributed by	Film Factory
Release dates	· August 27, 2014(Venice Film Festival) January 1, 2015
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Argentina, Spain
Language	Spanish

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