With the World Cup looming, this drama is about two men who share a passion for football and, less happily, for the same woman.
1970: cheesecloth and flares are all the rage, the World Cup is on TV, and Harold Wilson is set to lose the General Election.
Marco, a wealthy young Italian, has come to England to discover his true identity. Carl, a student on vacation, is torn between watching the football on his parents' new colour television, canvassing for the Labour Party or going on a walking holiday with his girlfriend Ellie.
Their paths cross in Preston Library where Ellie hears Marco's story and decides to help him in his quest. To a soundtrack of songs by the Kinks, Mungo Jerry and the Beatles, Fair Game follows this unlikely trio through the trials of love, lust and loss as they undertake their epic journey across the Pennines.

FILM REVIEWS pages 55-82