The film “United Passions” in which British actor Tim Roth portrays FIFA president Sepp Blatter does not hit American cinema screens until Friday, but whether it sinks – as it did in Europe – or swims it has at least one immortal line: A voice intones on the trailer for the film which industry website IMDB says will have its U.S. launch on June 5, “Blatter is apparently good at finding money.”Heavily financed by FIFA and meant to show it as a force for good – and Blatter as the Maradona of scoring sponsorships – “United Passions” was born under a different star than the black one hovering over world soccer’s governing body. U.S. prosecutors have launched a fraud and corruption investigation of FIFA, which was announced to the world by the early-morning arrests of several FIFA officials in Zurich last week.
