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Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars (Trois Zéros)

Movie · 2002 · 15 people

A French football comedy from 2002, Shooting Stars was released as 3 Zéros (also written Trois Zéros) and is known in Turkey as Futbol Sevdası. Fabien Onteniente directed it; it runs about 98 minutes. The story follows two friends trying to break into the glossy but ruthless world of professional football.

At its center are Tibor and Manu, who both dream of making a name in football circles one day. Tibor hopes to become a key player for the French national team, while Manu plans to manage his friend's career. To get there they turn to a man who knows the business from the inside, and they end up in an environment of transfers, agent bargaining and club interests. Samuel Le Bihan plays Manu, Gérard Lanvin plays Alain Colonna and Gérard Darmon plays Oscar Marbello, with Lorànt Deutsch also among the leads. The cast also includes Stomy Bugsy, Isabelle Nanty and Léa Drucker. Manu soon becomes one of the football world's most talked-about figures.

The screenplay is credited to Fabien Onteniente, Philippe Guillard and Emmanuel Booz. The film opened in Turkey on 22 April 2005. Turkish critics rated it 2 out of 5, and audience votes averaged 2.4. Onteniente's film received a sequel in 2024, Quatre Zéros.

DirectorFabien Onteniente

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Pierre Ménès Pierre Ménès Film actor · 63 years old Robert Castel Robert Castel Actor · died at 87 Samuel Le Bihan Cathy Lobé Stomy Bugsy Gérard Lanvin Axelle Laffont Firmine Richard Gérard Darmon Isabelle Nanty Jay-Jay Okocha Jean Tiberi Jean-Pierre Papin Léa Drucker Lilian Thuram

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

The film has solid ground for satirising the money-and-agents side of football: transfer bargaining, club interests and overnight fame could have fed a sharp comedy. Instead it seems to lean on separate turns from a crowded cast rather than taking that world apart. Well-known names such as Lanvin, Darmon and Le Bihan come together, yet the characters rarely get beyond types, and the storytelling wavers between the two friends' story and a satire of the business. Small wonder Turkish critics kept their distance. Still, the fact that a sequel arrived in 2024 suggests the film found an audience at home.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

A football comedy looks like an easy family pick at first glance. But the story is built more on transfers, agent bargaining and money than on the pitch. Young children may find it dull. For football-loving teenagers and adults it can be a light evening film. Check the age rating before watching with kids.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The film records, in the language of comedy, how football in the early 2000s was turning from a game into an industry. It is telling that agents, deals and club interests matter as much as talent on the pitch, if not more. That it is not Tibor, the would-be player, but Manu, who plans to be his manager, who soon becomes one of the most talked-about figures in the football world is an ironic summary of that shift. For anyone curious about the business behind football's glossy surface, it offers a clue about its era, however light its tone.

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