Forza Bastia is a 26-minute film documenting a UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 match between PSV Eindhoven and French club SC Bastia

SC Bastia

Sporting Club de Bastia is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club currently plays in the Championnat National, the third division of French football. Bastia previously had stints in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...

 at the Furiani Stadium in 1978. Jacques Tati

Jacques Tati

Jacques Tati was a French filmmaker, working as a comedic actor, writer and director. In a poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly of the Greatest Movie Directors Tati was voted the 46th greatest of all time...

 directed the piece at the request of friend Gilberto Trigano – the President of the Bastia club at that time. It was latterly shelved and kept in storage until Tati's daughter Sophie Tatischeff

Sophie Tatischeff

Sophie Catherine Tatischeff , was a French film editor and director.Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Tatischeff was the daughter of Jacques Tati and began her career as assistant editor on her father's film Play Time...

eventually assembled the footage for release in 2002.

External links

• Forza Bastia at the Internet Movie Database