The film is a documentary focused purely on Zidane during the Spanish La Liga match played between Real Madrid and Villarreal on 23 April 2005 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and was filmed in real time using 17 synchronized cameras.

[2] The film bears a similarity to Football As Never Before (aka "Fußball wie noch nie"), a documentary made in 1970 by acclaimed German filmmaker Hellmuth Costard about Manchester United footballer George Best.

These films also inspired Spike Lee's 2009 documentary Kobe Doin' Work.

[4] Scottish post-rock band Mogwai provided the soundtrack to the film, at the request of Douglas Gordon.

After seeing some footage of the film with a remix of "Mogwai Fear Satan" playing in the background, they agreed to do it.