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Machan: La vera storia di una falsa squadra (2009) [N/A]

Release Date:
May 7, 2009

Original Title:
මචන්

Alternate Titles:
Handball
Machan
Machan - La vera storia di una falsa squadra
O Jogo dos Sonhos
Spiel der Träume
Sri Lanka National Handball Team
Дружбаны
以假乱真

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Babelsberg Film
RAI Cinema
Redwave Films
Shakthi Films
StudioUrania

Production Countries:
Germany | Italy | Sri Lanka | United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 14  CA: PG  DE: 6  IT: T  JP: R15+  KR: 15  SE: 15 

Runtime: 109

Overview from TheMovieDB

Two friends, Manoj (Gihan De Chickera), a bartender, and Stanley (Dharmapriya Dias), a fruit vendor, wish to immigrate to the West to seek their fortune, but have difficulties getting their visa applications approved. They come across an application to a handball tournament in Bavaria, and not even knowing what the game is, they submit themselves and a group of friends as the "Sri Lanka National Handball Team". For appearance's sake, they begin minimal training and then seek travel visas from the German Embassy. Their plans to simply escape into the West upon arrival in Germany are thwarted by the quick appearance of the tournament organizers and an arena of fans eager to see the prowess of the Sri Lanka National Handball Team.

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Accountant:
Anna Orieti

Additional Editor:
Billy A. Campbell

Additional First Assistant Camera:
Ricarda Hibbeln

Additional Photography:
M.D. Mahindapala

Assistant Director:
Nadya Perera

Assistant Location Manager:
Sven Jenuwein
Matthias Nerlich

Associate Producer:
Mirjam Weber

Best Boy Grip:
Rene Frommholz

Boom Operator:
Hans-Jörg Bramm
Hunor Schauschitz

Business Affairs Coordinator:
Katja Hoerstmann

Camera Operator:
Christian Almesberger

Casting:
Damayanthi Fonseka
Suse Marquardt

Catering:
Matthias Fehrenbach

Cinematography:
Stefano Falivene

Clapper Loader:
Martin Nicolas Kunz

Co-Producer:
Henning Molfenter

Colorist:
Fabrizio Conti

Compositor:
Tharupathi Munasinghe
Stephen Warbeck

Costume Assistant:
Anna Scholz

Costume Design:
Sandhiya Jayasuriya
Rob Nevis

Costume Supervisor:
Constanze Hagedorn

Crowd Assistant Director:
Phillip Wölke

Dialogue Editor:
Robert Farr

Digital Conform Editor:
Fabrizio Pistone

Digital Intermediate:
Pierpaolo Marcelli

Director:
Uberto Pasolini

Driver:
Stephan Arendt
Dennis Erdmann

Editor:
Masahiro Hirakubo

Electrician:
Harald Gliesche
Rade Matic
André Morgen

Executive Producer:
Sonja B. Zimmer

First Assistant "A" Camera:
Birgit Dierken

First Assistant "B" Camera:
Rafael Jeneral

First Assistant Camera:
Harald Mellwig

First Assistant Director:
Dominic Fysh
Scott Kirby

First Assistant Editor:
Neil Williams

Gaffer:
Martin Frank
Ariyarathne Perera

Grip:
Rohana Premachandra
Stefan Walkowiak

Hairstylist:
Lalith Dharmawardena

Idea:
Ruwanthie De Chickera
Uberto Pasolini

Key Grip:
Ilko Petkow

Key Makeup Artist:
Ebert Wijesinghe

Legal Services:
Gero Brugmann

Line Producer:
Robert How
Michael Scheel
Andrew Warren

Location Manager:
Silke Krüger
Malcolm Mantara Rattanapitiya

Makeup Artist:
Nina Heppelmann
Saskia Sudau

Music:
Lakshman Joseph De Saram
Stephen Warbeck

Music Editor:
Yann McCullough

Musician:
Mark Bousie

Orchestrator:
Isobel Griffiths

Producer:
Uberto Pasolini
Conchita Airoldi
Prasanna Vithanage

Production Accountant:
Gopi Darmaratnam
Wolfgang Schwedler

Production Assistant:
Katharina Holzfuss

Production Coordinator:
Cunchana Basanayake
Ceri Hughes
Ester Ligori
Margaret Metz
Antonello Sammito

Production Design:
Errol Kelly

Production Manager:
Iranthi Abeyasinghe

Property Master:
Welagedara Ranasinghe

Recording Supervision:
Robert Farr
Mark Paterson

Screenplay:
Ruwanthie De Chickera
Uberto Pasolini

Script Supervisor:
Jeewanthi Manik
Senaka Nawaratne
Caroline Veyssière

Second Assistant "A" Camera:
Nadine Neuneier

Second Assistant Director:
Tobias Asam
Prasad Pereira

Set Decoration:
Lal Harindranath
Johannes Pfaller

Sound Mixer:
Bernhard Joest

Sound Recordist:
Anandar Chandrahasan

Steadicam Operator:
Marc Ehrenbold

Still Photographer:
Janak Mayadunne
Roland Schütz

Story:
Ruwanthie De Chickera
Uberto Pasolini

Supervising Sound Editor:
Mike Wood

Swing:
Enzo Enzel

Thanks:
Stephen Haren

Third Assistant Director:
Julia Schweizer

Unit Manager:
Oliver Kueper-Grobecker

Unit Production Manager:
Christian Klempert

Video Assist Operator:
Eddie Handschak

Visual Effects:
Davide Piastra

Wardrobe Assistant:
Nathalie Neusüß

Writer:
Uberto Pasolini
Ruwanthie De Chickera

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