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You Are My Passion Eres mi pasión

  Anwar Safa

  Mexico      2018    

Synopsis

Pedro eats, sleeps, and breathes soccer. He schedules his entire life around the sport, dropping anything and everything to watch his beloved, downtrodden club, Cruz Azul. Fed up with being ignored, his family’s patience with his obsession begins to wear thin. On the verge of losing everything, Pedro must choose between his family and his favorite team in this warm, hilarious sendup of modern day sports fanaticism.

 Spanish with subtitles 
  105 minutes

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