Intrigue

Théo would like to give some hope to his father, Laurent, a lonely alcoholic and disillusioned with life. The opportunity comes when Théo is about to be signed by Arsenal FC.

Théo, nicknamed "Ant", would like to give some hope to his father, Laurent, a lonely alcoholic and disillusioned with life. The opportunity comes when Théo is about to be signed by English Arsenal FC. Finally, Théo is not selected because of his short stature, but the boy chooses a white lie to not disappoint his father.—jsanchez

Northern French schoolboy Théo is his local football (soccer) club's only talent ever. Since his parents divorce, his ambitious mother his custody and constantly bags on his dropout father, Laurent, whom the boy loves despite regular mess-ups at visit days. When a scout from English top club Arsenal is announced, Laurent dreams of accompanying instantly rich and famous Theo to London. So when his height eliminate shim from the Arsenal junior academy, he can't bring himself to prick the dream and has mates help cover up while the whole town celebrates wildly their new hero. Laurent soon realizes he can't actually come along, speaking no English and being a general idiotic screw-up, so Théo works up to coming clean.—KGF Vissers

Twelve-year old Theo (Paquin) plays for a local soccer club and has enough talent to eventually play at a professional level. But his father Laurent (Damiens) has been on a self-destructive spiral ever since divorcing Theo's mother. To fight feelings of anxiety and powerlessness Theo decides to succeed at football and uplift his father.