Led by Jules Rimet (played by Gérard Depardieu), a group of passionate Europeans come together with the "simple idea" of creating a unified international football federation and a global tournament, which would eventually become the World Cup .
The narrative follows João Havelange (Sam Neill) as he takes over the organization and begins turning it into a massive, commercially successful global powerhouse.
While the film is a dramatized history, it is well-known for several unique real-world circumstances:
It is widely considered one of the worst-reviewed films ever made, holding a rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and becoming one of the biggest box-office bombs in history. United Passions (2014) - IMDb
The movie was 90% funded by FIFA itself, leading many critics from Rotten Tomatoes and major news outlets to label it as corporate propaganda.
The movie is a historical drama that traces the origins of the world's governing body for association football through three distinct eras and the leaders who shaped it:
The final segment focuses on Sepp Blatter (Tim Roth), depicting his efforts to maintain the organization's influence and bring the tournament to new frontiers, such as South Africa in 2010 . Context and Reception