"Maradona '86" (2014) is a short documentary directed by Sam Blair that chronicles footballer Diego Maradona's and Argentina's way to win the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. Even though I'm not a true football fan, I thought this documentary was so captivating and well made when I watched it last year, it didn't matter.

In the 1986 World Cup, Diego Maradona, the world's greatest football player, reached his apotheosis, redefining what is possible for one man to accomplish on a football pitch. His ability to take control of the ball -- the game -- an entire tournament -- split the world in two.

It was both illuminating and an affront, beguiling and an outrage, and the fervor that surrounded him was unprecedented, bordering on the religious. Constructed from archive material, "Maradona '86" is an ode to this ultimate footballing idol, basking in the operatic intensity of his performance in Mexico as he wrote his name on football history forever.

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