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Saipan (2025)90 minDrama, HistoryRating 64/100

Japan, 2002. The Irish football team decamps to the island of Saipan to train for the FIFA World Cup. Their star player and captain, Roy Keane, is outraged at leadership’s subpar preparations and quarrels with manager Mick McCarthy, who removes him from the squad on the eve of the tournament.

Cast: Éanna Hardwicke, Steve Coogan, Alice Lowe, Peter McDonald, Harriet Cains, Jamie Beamish, Alex Murphy

Director: Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa