O Gringo

Brazilian footballers usually become famous playing for big European clubs. This film is a story about a European player who became the greatest footballer in Brazil. Many experts consider Serbian- born Dejan Petkovic to be the greatest player of all time. His fascinating football career is currently at its peak in Brazil, the country of football. When he was 37, his team, Flamengo, won the championship title and he was voted the best footballer in Brazil. He left his footprints on the Maracana Walk of Fame next to football legends like Pele, Zico, Zagalo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka, and Adriano. O Gringo shows the passionate football fans that follow each game with equal love and respect. It is with their positive approach that they create ideal atmosphere and make the football the most important unimportant thing in the world.

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Script: Darko Bajic

Cinematography: Boris Gortinski

Editing: Filip Dedic

Sound: Velibor Hajdukovic

Music: Ivan Lins

Production: Magic Line/Magicna Linija, Serbia T.+ 381 11 328 4341F. +381 11 263 8355 mag.line@ikomline.net

Producers: Boban Petkovic, Darko Bajic, Leonardo Edde

Co-production: Urca Filmes, Petkovic 10 (Brazil)

Format: DigiBeta Color

Production Country: Serbia-Brasil

Production Year: 2011

Duration: 90

Contact: Wide Management, France Anais Clanet T. +33 1 5395 0464 F. +33 1 5395 0465 ac@widemanagement.com www.widemanagement.com

International Premiere

Darko Bajic

Filmography

Selected
1982 Direktan prenos/Live Broadcast (fiction)
1988 Zaboravljeni/The Forgotten Ones (fiction)
1989 Pocetni udarac/The First Blow (fiction)
1992 Crni Bombarder/Black Bomber (fiction)
1997 Balkanska pravila/Balkan Rules (fiction)
2008 Na lepom plavom Dunavu/The Beautiful Blue Danube (fiction)
2011 O Gringo