Forza Bastia (1978)

Review: Forza Bastia (1978)

Director: Sophie Tatischeff

Plot: "Forza Bastia" is a 26-minute film documenting a UEFA Cup match between PSV Eindhoven and French club SC Bastia at the Furiani Stadium in 1978. Jacques Tati directed the piece at the request of friend Gilberto Trigano – the President of the Bastia club at that time. It was subsequently shelved and kept in storage until Tati's daughter Sophie Tatischeff eventually assembled the footage for release in 2002.

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<i>The Complete Jacques Tati</i> on Blu-ray

The Complete Jacques Tati on Blu-ray

The Criterion Collection have outdone themselves with their magnificent, jam-packed seven-disk Blu-ray set of the work of the great French director Jacques […]

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