The Merger (2018)

Directed by

Mark Grentell

Genre

sport film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

M

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small Australian town's struggling football club recruits refugees to keep its team alive. The community navigates tensions and finds common ground through the sport.

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What happens

The Merger is a 2018 Australian drama comedy film based on comedian Damian Callinan's critically acclaimed solo show of the same name. The film explores the decline of a cash-strapped rural football club and the recruitment of refugees to keep the club viable. The tagline for this film is "If they can play, they can stay." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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