Since breaking through with cult indie hits such as Boy and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, eccentric Kiwi filmmaker Taika Waititi has spent some time in the mainstream working with Disney on big budget Marvel and Star Wars pieces. His latest feature sees him return to his smaller scale roots, adapting the sports documentary of the same name. Co-written with Inbetweeners’ Iain Morris, comedy drama Next Goal Wins follows disgraced and downtrodden football coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) in his efforts to lead the notoriously awful American Samoa national team to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. With the help of his assistant Tavita (Oscar Kightley) and their star player Jaiyah (Kaimana), he tries to turn their misfortunes around.

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