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Looking for Eric

Turkish title: Hayata çalım at

“To win back the love of his life, Eric's going to need a little training.”

2009 · 1 h 56 min
Directed by Ken Loach · UK · British Cinema
ComedyDramaFantasy

Cast

Steve Evets Eric Cantona

Credits

Written by: Paul Laverty

Plot

A postman consults the footballer Eric Cantona in his imagination.

Sinekatalog’s take

Ken Loach's comedy-drama has a struggling postman advised by an imaginary Eric Cantona. Warm, funny and sweetly political, it is one of Loach's lightest and most crowd-pleasing films.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (18,797 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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