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Kicking Off

Kicking Off

We're Here To Stay!

20136.11h 40m

Overview

This movie is about soccer hooligans, the most aggressive and violent soccer aficionados. They are an exclusive group, the elite of all soccer fans. Whoever they may be in their everyday lives—college students, bankers, musicians, or car mechanics—they are a “firm.” It’s easy to get into a firm, but once you’re in, it’s for life. There’s no going back. The movie is based on actual events

Directed by Anton Bormatov
Written by Elena Geladze, Dmitry Lemishev
Produced by Sergei Selyanov
Box OfficeBudget: $2.4MRevenue: $2.5M

Top Cast

Pavel Erlikov

Pavel Erlikov

Mazhor

Ivan Fominov

Ivan Fominov

Yari

Grigory Ivanets

Grigory Ivanets

Britva

Aleksandr Ratnikov

Aleksandr Ratnikov

Ticher

Vladimir Tsarulkov

Vladimir Tsarulkov

football player

D

Denis Los

traffic cop #1

Anton Bormatov

Anton Bormatov

accidental visitor of the Fan club

Ю

Юлия Маньковская

Dasha

Evgeny Berezin

Evgeny Berezin

Elephant

Nikita Kukushkin

Nikita Kukushkin

Little One

Themes & Keywords

psychopathfootball (soccer) fan

About Kicking Off

Kicking Off is a drama, thriller film released in 2013 exploring themes of psychopath, football (soccer) fan. Directed by Anton Bormatov, it stars Pavel Erlikov, Ivan Fominov, Grigory Ivanets. This movie is about soccer hooligans, the most aggressive and violent soccer aficionados. They are an exclusive group, the elite of all soccer fans. Whoever they may be in their everyday lives—college students, bankers, musicians, or car mechanics—they are a “firm.” It’s easy to get into a firm, but once you’re in, it’s for life. There’s no going back. The movie is based on actual events

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