Ronaldo biopic trailer shows human side of Real Madrid star

Whether you’re a Messi or a Ronaldo fan, or maybe just a football lover -- you’d want to see ‘Ronaldo’. To be released on November 9 this year, the film promises to explore the Real Madrid star’s life in all its entirety.

Updated on: Oct 1, 2015, 17:32:37 IST

Hindustan Times | By Prerna Madan, New Delhi

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The trailer for the first authorised documentary on Ballon d’Or winner and celebrated midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo is finally out!

Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo during a training session at the Swedbank Stadion, on September 29, 2015, on the eve of the Uefa Champions League Group A match against Malmo FF. (AFP Photo)

Whether you’re a Messi or a Ronaldo fan, or maybe just a football lover -- you’d want to see ‘Ronaldo’. To be released on November 9 this year, the film promises to explore the Real Madrid star’s life in all its entirety.

It’s no mean feat that a player who is at the peak of his career and living the dream, loved and hated by football fans all over the globe, has a biopic at the age of 30.

The two-minute trailer gives a glimpse of what it takes to be one of the most iconic and, debatably, the world’s greatest footballer.

But wait, it doesn’t end there. If Cristiano Ronaldo -- the player – is often looked upon as merely a sculpted football god who tends to enjoy the limelight, the documentary gives him a human touch.

The film, reportedly made over a period of 14 months, peeks into his personal life and seemingly attempts to unravel the 30-year-old’s past by tracing his journey to fame, including his humble beginning and familial relations.

There’s something heartwarming about seeing a world-famous footballer do push-ups with his son on his back.

However, the trailer does not ignore the former Manchester United player’s almost-religious work ethic. Speckled with a Portuguese accent, Ronaldo sums it up by saying, “Winning. That’s the most important to me. It’s as simple as that.”

Ronaldo scored the 500th goal of his career in just 753 matches in Real Madrid’s 2-0 win against Malmo in the Uefa Champions League on Thursday.

Manchester United’s former Number 7 has won nine trophies in six years with the Red Devils and seven with the Spanish club since he joined in 2009. Besides, he beat rivals Lionel Messi and German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to win the Fifa Ballon d’Or in 2014, the second of his career.

Here’s hoping the movie is as exciting as the trailer.

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Prerna Madan
Prerna Madan leads the explainers and immersives team at Hindustan Times, bringing more than eight years of editorial experience across India's three largest English-language newsrooms — Hindustan Times, The Times of India and The Indian Express. Her career spans the full range of modern news journalism: digital-first production, print news desks covering metro, national, and front-page, and editorial decision-making at the planning and commissioning stage. From managing coverage of Assembly elections and the Union Budget to steering the reporting, editing and production of in-depth reporting into the Delhi-NCR’s pressing issues, Prerna has honed journalistic storytelling that spans genres, topics and formats. Running through her current work is a facility for complexity — translating consequential, difficult material in the fields of policy, science, environment and politics into rigorous, accessible journalism that sets out to answer two critical questions: why it matters, and what happens now. Prerna holds a degree in English Literature from the University of Delhi and a postgraduate diploma from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication.Read More

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