Looking for Eric

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comedy-drama film film

Looking for Eric is a 2009 British comedy-drama film directed by Ken Loach in which football legend Eric Cantona appears as himself to help a struggling Manchester United fan turn his life around.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy-drama film → film →
awardReceived	Magritte Award for Best Foreign Film in Coproduction →
cinematography	Barry Ackroyd →
countryOfOrigin	France → United Kingdom →
director	Ken Loach →
distributedIn	France → United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
distributor	Icon Film Distribution →
editor	Jonathan Morris →
featuresCharacter	Eric Cantona →
festivalSection	In Competition at Cannes →
fictionalCharacterOccupation	postman →
filmingLocation	Manchester →
genre	comedy-drama → sports film →
hasIMDbId	tt1242545 →
hasMetacriticId	looking-for-eric →
hasRottenTomatoesId	looking_for_eric →
mainCharacter	Eric Bishop →
musicBy	George Fenton →
narrativeFocus	Manchester United supporter →
notableFor	Eric Cantona playing himself →
originalLanguage	English →
partOf	Ken Loach filmography →
portrays	Eric Cantona →
premiereEvent	2009 Cannes Film Festival →
producer	Rebecca O'Brien →
productionCompany	Sixteen Films → Why Not Productions → Wild Bunch →
releaseYear	2009 →
runtimeMinutes	116 →
screenwriter	Paul Laverty →
settingLocation	Manchester →
starring	Eric Cantona → Gerard Kearns → John Henshaw → Lucy-Jo Hudson → Matthew McNulty → Stephanie Bishop → Steve Evets →
theme	football fandom → friendship → self-improvement →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eric Cantona →	appearedIn
Eric Cantona →	appearedInFilm
Looking for Eric ("looking-for-eric") →	hasMetacriticId
Ken Loach →	notableWork