Search - El Portero: The Goalkeeper on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 12/14/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: Spanish Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 24 mins Studio: Studio Latino Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Drama, Romantic Drama, Period Film, Political Drama, Sports Drama See Also: The Goalkeeper: El Portero

A former football star finds himself weighing difficult options in this period drama from Spain. Ramiro Forteza (Carmelo Gómez) was once the goalie for a championship soccer team in Madrid, but as Spain struggles to get back on its feet following the Civil War, he's reduced to traveling the countryside, hustling money from strangers who think they can get a penalty kick past him. Ramiro finds himself in a small Asturian town, where he becomes infatuated with Manuella (Maribel Verdú), a single mother who watches over her young son Tito (Adrián Ramírez) and her brother Nardo (Eduard Fernández), who is still nursing wounds he suffered as a soldier with the Resistance. Manuella also has to contend with Lopez (Julio Velez), a member of the Civil Guard who makes no secret of his sexual interest. Ramiro decides he'd like to stick around for a while, so he takes a job doing chores for Don Constantino (Roberto Alvarez), a rough-hewn but good-natured Catholic priest; soon, though, Ramiro gets a troubling offer from Sgt. Andrade (Antonio Resines), leader of the local branch of the Civil Guard. Andrade would like Ramiro to represent the Civil Guard in a local penalty kick competition, and while he's in no position to refuse, he's also not sure he wants to accept. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Carmelo Gómez - Ramiro Forteza
Maribel Verdú - Manuela
Roberto Alvarez - Don Constantino
Eduard Fernández - Nardo
Elvira Mínguez - Ursula