Offside ambient background
CinebyCineby
Offside backdrop

Offside

Offside

★ 5.2/10•2005•1h 40m•Drama

Hayat, a soccer fanatic from Hamburg, has breast cancer. After the operation, the 20-year-old feels disfigured and is no longer allowed to play football because of her medication. But a life without soccer? Unimaginable! For Hayat, the motto now is: after the game is before the game. The motley group of girls from FC Schanze, who neither have a jersey nor can dribble, take Hayat in. Her lousy coach Toni, who sees his main task as certifying that his girls are free of talent, also takes a liking to her. The way the roughneck courts her, first out of vanity and then out of genuine affection, and discovers his sensitivity in the process, is one of the film's great moments.

Buket Alakuş · Director

Jan Berger · Screenplay

Buket Alakuş · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 40m
LanguageDE
Release DateJan 19, 2005

Actors

Karoline Herfurth

Karoline Herfurth

Hayat

Thierry van Werveke

Thierry van Werveke

Baba Can

Ken Duken

Ken Duken

Toni

Zarah Jane McKenzie

Zarah Jane McKenzie

Ali

Verena Wolfien

Silke

Aziza Yildirim

Fatos

Katrin Pollitt

Katrin Pollitt

Ärztin

Nursel Köse

Nursel Köse

Paula Paul

Paula Paul

Biggi

Son Sung-hee

Nana

Recommendations

Gracie
Escape to Victory
How to Have Sex
Love in Thoughts
The Fallout
Palo Alto
The Beautiful Game
Final Score
Back of the Net
United
Jerichow
The Crush
The Edge of Heaven
Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything
Scarecrow
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Hardball
The Man Without a Face
What Maisie Knew
A Friend to Die For

Similars

Summer Storm
Longing
Bend It Like Beckham
Short Sharp Shock
Summer '04
In My Father's Den
Thumbsucker
Games of Love and Chance
The Spanish Apartment
Learning to Lie
A Real Young Girl
Small Change
The Virgin Suicides
Princess Cyd
The Name of the Son
Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie
The Painter
Summer of 84
Sex, Party and Lies
Weekend with My Mother