Ferenc Puskas is one of Football’s most decorated players. He played a World Cup Final, is a Real Madrid Legend and the FIFA award for the year’s most beautiful goal is named after him – he also coached South Melbourne!

Ange and the Boss tells the story of Ferenc Puskas and his time in Australia through interviews with former South Melbourne players, and Puskas’ closest Australian friends. With each interview the documentary reveals Puskas’ larger than life character, and uncovers some absolutely hilarious stories.

Among those stories are the time Puskas ate a whole team dinner by himself at Marconi, silenced a Middle Park crowd with some offensive Greek gestures, and how he tutored a young Ange Postecoglou whilst simultaneously coaching South Melbourne to the 1991 Championship.

We are lucky to have this film which was years in the making and faced countless issues relating to funding and licencing.

It was only thanks to community donations that the film received the licence to be shown at festivals. Thankfully, these successful festival screenings helped secure funding for a national release just six months later.

The film makers Tony Wilson, Cam Fink and Rob Heath are not soccer fans. They stumbled onto this story by accident and deserve credit for recognising its importance and persevering to get this film made.

Thankfully their efforts have been rewarded with great responses from audiences and critics. At the sold-out screening we attended the audience laughed, cried, and gave the film a standing ovation. Multiculturalism, 90s football, South Melbourne glory days, and the graceful Puskas himself make this film must watch viewing for all South fans. If you haven’t already, watch it!