Tigers is a 2020 international co-produced sports drama film written and directed by Ronnie Sandahl and based on the autobiography I skuggan av San Siro by Martin Bengtsson. It was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[citation needed]
Plot
The movie surrounds the true story of teenage football talent Martin Bengtsson's (Erik Enge) time as a 16-year-old professional footballer at the Italian club Inter Milan.[3][4]
Cast
- Erik Enge
- Alfred Enoch
- Johannes Bah Kuhnke
- Liv Mjönes
- Frida Gustavsson
- Martina Oberti
Reception
Critical response
Tigers has an approval rating of 67% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 9 reviews, and an average rating of 6.3/10.[5] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[6]
Awards and nominations
Awards
- Busan International Film Festival: Flash Forward: Best Film[7]
Nominations
- 2020 Rome Film Fest: Best Director (Ronnie Sandahl)[8]
See also
- List of submissions to the 94th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
- List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
- ^ ""Palm Springs" by Max Barbakow and "Tigers" by Ronnie Sandahl come to the Rome Film Fest". Roma Cinema Fest. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "Tigers (2020)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "ROME 2020 - Review: Tigers". Cineuropa. 20 October 2020.
- ^ Ide, Wendy (30 October 2020). "'Tigers': Busan Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Tigers (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "Tigers". Metacritic.
- ^ "Busan International Film Festival (2020)". IMDb. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "#RomaFF15 | Alla Festa arrivano "Palm Springs" di Max Barbakow e "Tigers" di Ronnie Sandahl". Fondazione (in Italian). 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.