'The most purely enjoyable event at the Cannes Film Festival... By the end, Zidane has achieved the charisma and mystery of the hero from some lost Shakespeare play' - Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN 'Sublime, the only film to lift me out of my seat and inject that buzz of discovery for which Cannes is usually so cherished…the greatest film about football ever made'. - Jason Solomons, THE OBSERVER 'This outstanding study of Zidane…this brilliant movie... a must-see... A mesmerising portrait' - Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN 'Glorious in its simplicity... Magnificently edited... accompanied by a majestic score from... Mogwai, this is not only the greatest football movie ever made, but one of the finest studies of man in the workplace' - EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 'A remarkable new film... a unique portrait of the French footballing icon... picturing the subject with all the detail, poise and human compassion of a Velasquez or a Degas... a work that pierces the soul of the human condition...' - Jason Solomons, THE OBSERVER 'Remarkable... portrait of the footballing legend' SIGHT AND SOUND 'A mesmerising 90-minute all-action documentary' - Cath Clarke, DAZED AND CONFUSED 'Hypnotic... ultimately mesmerising, this is a must-see' - Wendy Ide, THE TIMES 'There has never been anything quite like ‘ZIDANE'’ - INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE 'Mind-blowing…Once in a lifetime moment. The Movie is between cinema, documentary and art' - METRO 'The most striking film of the whole 13 days…mesmeric, enveloping, a multi-faceted portrait that goes way beyond mere football…Immediate yet somehow haunting, it’s one of the year’s es- sential cinema experiences' - Trevor Johnston, TIME OUT 'A remarkable film...' - Barry Didock, SUNDAY HERALD 'A fascinating work... the most vivid of sporting portraits' - Peter Aspden, FINANCIAL TIMES