Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle (Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait) 2006 G

Production still from Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle (Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait) 2006 / Directors: Douglas Gordon, Phillipe Parreno / Image courtesy: Joni Sighvatsson / View full image
When
3.00 pm, Sun 7 Sep 2025 (90 mins)
View CalendarWhere
Gallery of Modern Art, Cinema A
Admission
Free
About
"Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parenno’s ambitious collaboration, Zidane, a 21st century portrait, follows the French soccer star Zinédine Zidane in real time over the course of a single match, which took place in 2005. Assembled from footage shot by seventeen synchronized cameras placed around the stadium, the film captures Zidane from multiple angles, from up close and afar, and remains steadfastly fixed on him even when the central action of the match moves elsewhere. Gordon and Parreno conceived of the project in relation to painted portraiture extending back to Francisco de Goya and Diego Velázquez as well as the more immediate precursor of Andy Warhol’s real-time film portraits. By splicing in footage from the live television broadcast, Gordon and Parreno complicate their film portrait, foregrounding the mediated nature of the spectacle." Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
G | Mild impact
Production Credits
- Directors: Douglas Gordon, Phillipe Parreno
- Cinematographer: Darius Khondji
- Editor: Hervé Schneid
- Cast: Zinédine Zidane, David Beckham
- Print Source: Potential Films
- Rights: Joni Sighvatsson
- Year: 2006
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Countries: France, Iceland
- Languages: French, Spanish
- Subtitles: English
- Sound: Stereo
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm, 16mm, Digital
- Screening Format: 35mm