Following a hugely successful launch in Cannes, Lionsgate UK will release the exciting and thought-provoking In The Hands Of The Gods on September 14th, 2007.In The Hands of The Gods is the true story of five young British freestyle footballers’ journey across the Americas to Argentina in the hope of meeting their hero, Diego Maradona. This coming-of-age road movie tells the story of a group of young men in pursuit of a lifelong dream.For them, Diego Maradona epitomises everything they love about football; he is both the creator of their art and their inspiration during hard times in their lives. Along the way they found that it wasn’t just Diego they were searching for, but something inside themselvesWith no money for food, accommodation or travel, the freestylers hustle and busk their way from London to Buenos Aires using only their football skills and their charm, often being forced to go hungry and to sleep rough.
In The Hands of The Gods is a voyage of adventure and self-discovery that will take these boys far from their homes, on a trip that will change their lives forever.
A Fulwell 73/Green Wolf Films production, In The Hands of The Gods was directed by brothers Gabe and Benjamin Turner, and produced by Rebecca Green of Green Wolf Films and Ben Winston and Leo Pearlman of Fulwell 73. It was Executive Produced by ADG, Janet de Botton and Gary Sinyor. Independent are the International Sales Company.
In The Hands of The Gods will be released in cinemas in the UK and Eire by Lionsgate UK on September 14th, 2007.