Cantona: Flower of Evil

At 25, Eric Cantona was written off. A gifted, volatile outsider, he seemed destined to become a footnote in the story of a game he refused to play by anyone else's rules. Then came an unlikely second act that would transform his life — and turn him into one of the most extraordinary cultural icons of his generation.

Directed by David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas (Pelé, The Figo Affair), Cantona: Flower of Evil is a cinematic portrait of a man who has never been easy to define. Through spectacular archive footage, rare glimpses behind the public image and intimate new interviews, the film explores the contradictions that make Cantona so compelling: the rebel and the icon, the provocateur and the philosopher, the man himself and the myth that grew around him.

Alex Ferguson, David Beckham, French football manager Guy Roux and Cantona's parents offer revealing perspectives on a life shaped by talent, conflict, reinvention and the people who believed in him. At its centre is Cantona himself — enigmatic, irreverent and magnetic, with a perspective on his own legend as unpredictable as the man.

You don't need to be a fan to love the story. This is a film about being written off and starting again, about the price and power of being different, and about what happens when an outsider becomes an icon. Football provides the stage; the human story reaches far beyond it.