There have been countless stories about how sports can be the ticket for an individual to escape a bad situation and make a better life for themselves, but few have been as realistically thrilling as this tale of two brothers trying to use their soccer talent to get out of the Venezuelan slum they call home. The film starts with the stunning image of a young mother who, while walking her son to school, discovers an infant abandoned in a garbage heap on the side of the road. She takes the infant home and raises him as her own. The boy, who she names Daniel (Fernando Moreno), grows up to be a talented soccer player who seems destined to never reach his full potential because he can’t get out from under the shadow of his older brother Julio (Eliú Armas) both on and off the field. A shocking personal tragedy divides the brothers; Daniel tries to stay true to the dream of using soccer to save his family while Julio surrender to the need to seek revenge.
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