A fast-paced comedy/drama about the tumultuous lives of five soccer-obsessed friends and how the game of sport affects their more important game of life.

There are three obsessions in most men's lives: Work, sport, and sex. In the traditionally romantic land of Italy, it seems that sport is taking over, especially for the five men at the focus of this delightful romantic comedy, which revolves around the often tumultuous lives of a group of soccer-obsessed friends. These include Vittorio (Claudio Bisio), a man in full-on midlife crisis mode trying, with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs, to keep up with the game and his much younger girlfriend; Vittorio's son Adam (Andrea Bosca), who fears he’s turning into his roughish dad; and the 30ish Lele (Filippo Nigro), who finds his marriage strained by the pressures of raising two young children, work and lack of intimacy with his professional wife. While the men may be the main protagonists, the women are just as well-rounded, with their frustrations and dreams entirely justified in the shadow of their immature men. Director Luca Lucini juggles these storylines and expertly weaves comedy and drama throughout. Even the sports-averse among you should be won over by the warm performances by a cast that's largely unknown in the U.S. (Italian with English subtitles) -- Noelle Reilly