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Like most of his compatriots, Oscar-winning Italian director Gabriele Salvatores loves soccer.
He can often be seen at the San Siro stadium watching his beloved team Inter Milan while the football-match-in-the-desert scene is one of the most celebrated parts of his 1989 breakthrough movie Marrakech Express.
But Salvatores, who won the 1991 best foreign film Academy Award with Mediterraneo -- the story of a motley group of Italian soldiers stranded on a Greek island at the end of World War II -- believes soccer can be much more than just a game.Like most of his compatriots, Oscar-winning Italian director Gabriele Salvatores loves... more
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