Tigers (2020 film)

Tigers is a 2020 international co-produced sports drama film written and directed by Ronnie Sandahl and based on the autobiography I skuggan av San Siro by Martin Bengtsson. It was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Plot
The movie surrounds the true story of teenage football talent Martin Bengtsson's (Erik Enge) time as a 16-year-old professional footballer at the Italian club Inter Milan.

Cast

 * Erik Enge
 * Alfred Enoch
 * Johannes Bah Kuhnke
 * Liv Mjönes
 * Frida Gustavsson
 * Martina Oberti

Critical response
Tigers has an approval rating of 67% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 9 reviews, and an average rating of 6.3/10. Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Awards

 * Busan International Film Festival: Flash Forward: Best Film

Nominations

 * 2020 Rome Film Fest: Best Director (Ronnie Sandahl)