'Hero and hustler' Maradona in Cannes spotlight

In-depth portrait of Argentine superstar includes rare footage, new interviews

PARIS - Diego Maradona is sure to cause a stir when he turns up at this week's Cannes film festival for a new documentary about his jaw-dropping life by the Oscar-winning maker of Amy.

It is only one of a wave of new works about the flawed Argentine soccer genius that include a just-wrapped Amazon biopic series that chronicles every step of his dramatic rise and fall.