Unless I’m mistaken, Iran isn’t exactly known for its thriving movie industry — they frown on all moving pictures, even the cell phone camera kind. But Ronaldo is ready to change all of that — the Brazilian soccer star has signed to appear in an Iranian movie, of which he is one of the main subjects.
The movie, which doesn’t yet have a title, is based on the true story of a 13-year-old Palestinian girl who dreamed of meeting Ronaldo when he visited the Middle East on a humanitarian mission in 2005. But she was killed in a political conflict before meeting him.
Biggest surprise for me in this story: There’s apparently a Brazil-Iran Chamber of Commerce.
Ronaldo’s agent, Fabiano Farah, confirmed to Globo’s Web site that Ronaldo has signed a pre-contract for the movie.
The 32-year-old Ronaldo, who is thriving with Corinthians in his comeback from the third serious knee injury of his career, will appear in some scenes that take place in the girl’s dreams, said Farrokh Faradji Chadan, president of the Brazil-Iran chamber of commerce.
7:35 pm on July 23rd, 2009
Maybe you should check your facts and history. Iran is known for its high quality film production, only until recently when Ahmadinejad came into power. They’re not as primitive as you think.
11:04 pm on July 23rd, 2009
Yeah, Babak - I was going to say the same thing. I can’t imagine why anyone would want to cast a bloated, has-been Ronaldo - so the joke still stands - but Iran has a long, distinguished history of outstanding cinema.
I just find it ironic that they would welcome Ronaldo with open arms despite banning a bunch of their own players for supporting democracy.
1:07 am on July 25th, 2009
Ditto what they said. Plus the “political conflict” you allude to has a name: The illegal occupation of Palestine.
To call the elitist oligarchs in the streets of Iran as wanting “democracy” is just as egregious and ridiculous a statement as that claiming Iran has no cinema, by the way.
3:15 pm on July 27th, 2009
You’ve come to SbB by mistake — PALsolidarity.org is across the street, next to Starbucks.