A manager (Mick McCarthy) and a player (Roy Keane) are also at the centre of events in Saipan, however, it’s a notorious falling-out between the men in the lead-up to the 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea around which events unfold in this enthralling fictionalisation from husband-and-wife directors Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn (Ordinary Love, Good Vibrations).
Meanwhile, the fallout in Ireland was seismic and polarising, not least because Keane was a bone fide world-class footballer — honed into a muscular midfield general by both Clough and his Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson — who was going to lead the team to glory.
Although niftily paced over 90 minutes, there’s a fabulous, slow-burning quality to proceedings as the affable, Barnsley-born McCarthy strives to mediate between his star player’s uncompromising professional approach to diet, drinking and training and the rest of the team behaving as though they are on a tourist jolly.
But as the effects of the hot, humid location and faulty air conditioning combine with a catalogue of organisational cock-ups — rock-strewn pitches, a lack of footballs or sun cream — you just know it’s going to end in tears, despite the two protagonists endeavouring to put aside their differences for the common good.
View oEmbed on the source websiteHardwicke (a BAFTA winner for BBC TV drama The Sixth Commandment) is utterly magnetic, capturing the brooding aura of the Irish captain, while also revealing the human being beneath the fearsome reputation.
Of course, if you are not steeped in football lore or are no particular fan of the game, you might consider Saipan a film for sports enthusiasts only. However, thanks to fabulous performances and a witty, perceptive script that’s more concerned with the game of life than the game itself, it has something for everybody.
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