It's All Over: The Kiss That Changed Spanish Football

As "It's all Over: The Kiss That Changes Spanish Spanish Football" (2024 release; 95 min; original title: "SeAcabó: Diario de las campeonas", in English "It's Over: Diary of the Champions") opens, the Spanish Women's soccer team has shocked the world by winning the 2023 World Cup. Immediately after the game, the players meet with the President of the Spanish Soccer Federation, and he promptly kisses one of the players on the lips. Almost immediately the moment goes viral around the world, baffling just about everyone: what has just happened here? At this point we are less that 10 minutes into the documentary.

Couple of comments: this movie is really and two-for-one: first, how did the Spanish Women's team actually win this against all odds, and despite the horrible treatment by the Spanish Soccer Federation, and second, the fallout of an unwanted kiss of one of the players by the President of the Spanish Soccer Federation. Please note that this documentary is bringing the perspective of the Spanish players. In that sense it's not really an "objective" or "neutral" documentary. On the other hand, this film synthesizes the sheer hell that these women went through, as team's head coach and the President of the Spanish Soccer Federation were completely out of touch with reality. At just over 90 min., this documentary just flew by. Please note that for whatever reason, the documentary's original tile in Spanish is quite different from what we are now seeing in the US.

"It's All Over: The Kiss That Changed Spanish Football" recently started streaming on Netflix, and I just watched it the other night. If you are a fan of soccer or of women's rights, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.