Lucky Loser (2006)

Original title

หมากเตะ รีเทิร์นส

Directed by

Adisorn Trisirikasem

Genre

association football film

Country

Thailand

Runtime

1h 53m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A tiny fictional Southeast Asian country dreams of competing in the World Cup. The film follows their unlikely and humorous attempt to qualify for the tournament.

sillyunderdogcomediclightheartedfeel-goodwhimsicalplayful

What happens

Lucky Loser (Thai: หมากเตะ..โลกตะลึง or Mak Tae Loke Talueng) is a 2006 Thai sports-comedy about a small, fictional Southeast Asian country's bid to play in the World Cup. Initially, the country depicted in the film was Laos, but because of concerns by diplomatic officials that the depiction of Lao players would be seen as offensive to Lao people, the film was delayed from an original May 2006 release date. The film's production company, GMM Tai Hub, re-edited the film and reshot some scenes to remove any references to Laos. The name of the fictional country is Arvee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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