Ange & the Boss - Puskás in Australia

Come to the premiere!

Sydney

Thursday 17th October, 6:30pm
Palace Norton Street

Live Q&A with Paul Trimboli and Simon Hill after the screening.

Melbourne 

Sunday 20th October, 4:30pm
The Astor Theatre

Live Q&A with Paul Trimboli and Miki Peterson after the screening. 

The film is a vivid portrait of a moment in time but also a fascinating document of the immigrant experience.
— The Times, UK

Ferenc Puskás was the player of the 1950s, an icon of world football. He was a goal scoring phenomenon for both Real Madrid and the Hungarian national team, the Magical Magyars, which lost just one game between 1950 and 1956 (tragically, for Hungary, the 1954 World Cup final)

How did a FIFA Team of the Century superstar, the Messi or Roanldo of his era, become the coach of a Greek club in Melbourne from 1989 to 1992? Ange & The Boss explores his bizarre recruitment to Australia, his settling in the modest suburb of Ashwood behind a garden supply business, South Melbourne's famous 1991 championship triumph and the times he spent driving around in a Datsun 200B with Ange Postecoglou, a man destined to become the first Australian to coach in England’s Premier League.

But this is more than a football story. It's a story about immigration, multiculturalism, and the parallel universe that was Australia's NSL, invisible to many sports fans from an Anglo background, but vital to European Australians and their children.

A glorious film about a glorious time
— Paul Trimboli (South Melbourne & Socceroos legend)

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