The Forbidden Team

The Forbidden Team Danish: Det forbudte landshold
Directed by	Rasmus Dinesen, Arnold Krøjgaard
Produced by	Karim Stoumann
Starring	Jens Espensen, Michael Nybrandt, 14th Dalai Lama
Distributed by	TV2
Release date(s)	May 27, 2003 (2003-05-27) (Kopenhagen)
Country	Danmark India
Language	Danish

The Forbidden Team, Danish language: Det forbudte landshold, is a Danish documentary film of 2003 by directors Rasmus Dinesen and Arnold Krøjgaard. The leading cast consists of association football trainers Jens Espensen and Michael Nybrandt, the Tibet national football team and at the conclusion the Greenland national football team. Star-part is being played by the 14th Dalai Lama.

The film was rewarded as the Best Feature Film on the Krasnogorski International Filmfestival in Moskow, Special Mention on the FID in Marseilles and the Audience Award on the International Sport Movies & TV Festival in Milan. The final match against Greenland was life broadcasted by the radio station Free Tibet.

Plot

The documentary film was shot at the preamble to the football international match of June 30th, 2000, between Tibet and Greenland. For the Tibetans in exile this was the first international match after many decades since the former national team had broke up.

The film starts from the moment of the first training sessions in Dharamsala in northern India and ends with the last whistle of the match in Kopenhagen, Denmark. The match was won by Greenland with 4-1.

The Tibetan Buddhist background of the players is notable in the game mentality of the players who don't show any aggression. This invokes scenes of the trainer. He believes in discipline, hard working and a strong winners mentality.

References and external links

• Trailer on the official website
• The Forbidden Team at the Internet Movie Database