The Referees

7.2 (25 votes)• 2009• 77m•Released

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How can a few crucial minutes in a football match change the life of an entire family? How do the "men in black" feel when they are attacked by supporters? Kill the Referee unveils the lives of several professional football referees at the EURO 2008 championship; amongst them, the English referee Howard Webb, who provoked incredible controversy when he gave a penalty to Austria just before the end of the match with Poland, and the Italian Roberto Rosetti, who refereed the final.

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Languages: English, Italian, German, Russian, French, Swedish

Director: Eric Cardot, Delphine Lehericey, Yves Hinant

Starring Cast: Howard Webb, Manuel Mejuto González, Roberto Rosetti, Michel Platini, Peter Fröjdfeldt, Massimo Busacca

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Howard Webb

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Manuel Mejuto González

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Roberto Rosetti

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Michel Platini

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Peter Fröjdfeldt

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Massimo Busacca

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Zlatan Ibrahimović

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David Silva

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Olof Mellberg

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