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Heysel 1985-Requiem for a cup final

Director: Lode Desmet
Length: 92"
Year: 2004
United Kingdom/Belgium
Language : French
Golden Link of the EUR (European Union of Radio-Television) at the The sunny side of the doc Festival, Marseille, 2005

On May 29th 1985, it’s not the first time that people die in great numbers in a stadium. But it is the first time that people die on live TV. That night in Brussels, Heysel stadium is host to a dream final: Liverpool-Juventus of Turin. A match that will turn into a nightmare… The match hasn’t even started, but the drama has. With little consideration for the soul, but also with fear that the situation may worsen, because European television is transmitting this match live into every household, the sporting authorities decide to let the match go on…