Remember the infamous 2002 pre-World Cup showdown between Republic of Ireland soccer coach Mick McCarthy and captain Roy Keane? Whether you do or you don’t, and whether you follow soccer, or football, or not, doesn’t really matter. Saipan , screening this week at the 69th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF), is told in a way to get everyone to dive in for 90 minutes. Yeah, that is really the movie’s running time. No extra time or penalty shootouts needed!

The film, which world premiered at Toronto, stars Steve Coogan , Éanna Hardwicke , and Alice Lowe. Co-directed by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn, it was written by Paul Fraser.

Remember the infamous 2002 pre-World Cup showdown between Republic of Ireland soccer coach Mick McCarthy and captain Roy Keane? Whethe

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