An Indie Next Pick

In the resort town of San Benedetto on the Italian Riviera‚ twenty-two-year-old Etto finds himself adrift. Within the past year‚ Etto lost both his twin brother and his mother‚ and in his grief has become estranged from his father‚ the local butcher. While his father and the men of the town pass the time in a reverential obsession with soccer‚ Etto retreats from his life. Then a Ukrainian soccer star and his captivating tomboy sister sweep into town …

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