Zinedine Zidane is among the most celebrated European footballers. Playing for Real Madrid, the Frenchman has earned a reputation for graceful yet aggressive play and a confrontational style. The documentary reveals nothing about his life off the field, and only so much about his work on it. Instead of telling Zidane's life story, the filmmakers set up 17 cameras around the field for a April 23, 2005, game against Villarreal and carefully followed Zidane throughout the game, even when he wasn't in play. The subsequent footage was used to create a portrait in motion of the athlete, much in the manner of a painter or photographer.