乔(彼得·穆兰 Peter Mullan 饰)是一个整日沉迷在酒精之中的男人,靠着失业救济金,过着非常糜烂的生活。终于有一天,乔发誓自己不要再这样颓废下去了,可很快他就发现,摆脱颓废的生活并不如自己想象中的那么简单,光是找到一份正经的工作赚钱养活自己这件事情,就够他折腾的了。 除了喝酒以外,乔唯一的兴趣爱好就是足球,他对足球的热情足以支撑他成为了全苏格兰最烂的足球队中的一员。与此同时,乔还在朋友家的辅导聚会里邂逅了名叫莎拉(路易丝·古达尔 Louise Goodall 饰)的社工,她的存在能否成为乔回归正常生活的强有力的助力呢?
"Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s) 1969 Won Grand Prize Dusan Hanák A government official in Czechoslovakia mistakenly believes he has cancer. He reasons his involvement in clandestine activities during the Stalin administration have fated him to die from a dreaded disease. He searches for inner peace as he feels the guilt of his past transgressions. This film tied for the Grand Prize at the Mannheim Film Festival in 1969. Slovak director Dusan Hanak was one of Czech cinema's brightest and best talents of the '60s and '70s, but because of censorship this was not manifest until the late '80s. Dusan made an impact on the film world with his auspicious debut 322 (1969). Though banned until 1988, when it was finally released, it earned international acclaim and the Grand Prix award at the Mannheim Film Festival. Hanak's sophomore effort, the documentary Obrazy Stareho Sveta/Image of an Old World (completed in 1972), was also not released until 1988 and neither was his 1980 film Ja Milujem, Ty Milujes/I Love You, You Love. Only Hanak's 1976 film Ruzove Sny/Rose-Tinted Dreams passed muster with censors and saw a timely release."