El crack

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El crack

"Plenty of passion, lack of talent"

2011

1h 10m

3.0(4 votes)

Comedy

TV Movie

Overview

Freddy dreams of becoming a soccer star, but he doesn’t have the age or the talent. But when the best player is hurt and has to sit out, Freddy gets a chance to prove himself.

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5 featured cast members

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Ariel Levy

Freddy 'Fantasía' Monquiel

Eduardo Domínguez

'Macgiver' Gómez

Nicolás Martínez

Milton 'MI7' Ibañez

Cristina Peña y Lillo

Mary Bonilla

Patricio Strahovsky

Don Chuma

Creative team

Directed by: Guillermo Amoedo
Nicolás López
Written by: Guillermo Amoedo

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