Cristiano Ronaldo: The World at His Feet

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Cristiano Ronaldo: The World at His Feet
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Film poster
Directed byTara Pirnia
Based onCristiano Ronaldo
Starring
Production
companies
  • Future Sight Entertainment
  • Stax Entertainment
  • Motion Forces (post-production)
Distributed by
  • Antonello Novellino
  • Vision Films
Release dates
  • 1 June 2014 (2014-06-01)(United States)
  • 21 April 2016 (2016-04-21)
CountrySpain
Languages

Cristiano Ronaldo: The World at His Feet is a 2014 Spanish documentary film directed by Tara Pirnia. It follows the life and career of Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who was playing for Spanish club Real Madrid at the time of the documentary's release. It was released via Vimeo in June 2014. [1]

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The documentary is narrated by the actor Benedict Cumberbatch. [2] [1]

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References

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  2. Rich, Katey (20 June 2014). "Benedict Cumberbatch Explains Soccer and Cristiano Ronaldo to Americans". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 28 October 2017.