Mario

About Mario

Mario is a promising young footballer in Switzerland on his way to the top, closing in on the success he and his father always dreamed of. But when the talented striker Leon joins the team, they'll get caught up between the politics of the game and the politics of love, as rumours and prejudice threaten their careers and everything they've managed to build.

Mario (2018) is a romance film directed by Marcel Gisler. It runs 123 minutes and was released in February 2018.

Its themes are male homosexuality, football (soccer), LGBT, and gay theme.

Max Hubacher takes the lead as Mario Lüthi, Aaron Altaras as Leon Saldo, Jessy Moravec as Jenny Odermatt, and Jürg Plüss as Daniel Lüthi. The screenplay is by Frederic Moriette and Marcel Gisler. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and MUBI.

Land of Storms, The Imitation Game, and Bohemian Rhapsody make useful companions to Mario. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 156 votes and it carries a NR rating.