Original subtitles

[whirring of lenses to adjust focus]

[camera click and a owl's hoot]

♪

[click]

[Narration] Kadu came on to the marking, avoided the defender,

made the protection in the penalty arc,

from here he can kick from out of the area

cleared another one,

switched to the right leg, he kicks, an amazing goal!

Goooooal!

[guitar chords]

[metal lock opening]

[guitar chords]

[guitar chords] [light steps]

[guitar chords] [light steps]

[light steps]

[Male Voice] Mr. President, I'm so sorry.

[knock, knock]

We are worried about tomorrow.

[Sangaletti] Don't worry.

Our part is done!

[Yuri] I hope you realize how much is at stake here.

And that all depends on the trust we have on you!

What exactly you mean by "our part is done"?

[guitar chords]

[Sangaletti] If everything is okay, then we'll be going.

[guitar chords]

[Sangaletti] Don't get me wrong, but I just have one question.

If the other party comes to you with the same purpose?

and offers the same amount?

Well, in that case, I'll have to be fair.

Fair?

Yes.

Fair!

Impartial!

Wouldn't it be more honest to return the money?

And who's talking about honesty here, doctor?

♪

[door slamming]

[Male voice] Come on, let's go, brother.

So come on, let's go, everybody!

[voices and clapping]

[voices] ♪

[agitated crowd]

[agitated crowd] [whistle]

[Narrator] 43 minutes into the second half

two minutes left in the game,

the referee runs to the penalty mark.

The players surround the referee.

[Narrator] It was not a penalty. Only the referee saw that!

[crowd cheers]

One goal away from the title. The crowd goes crazy!

[crowd cheers]

Kadu has asked to kick!

[Narrator] He feels the responsibility in this moment.

The highest salary in the club! He's gotta prove himself now!

[crowd cheers]

[violin] [crowd cheers]

[whistle]

[Narrator] He runs for the ball and kicks!

[kick impact]

[violin]

This story is not based on real facts.

However obvious they may seem.

This is a work of fiction.

[guitar chords]

♪♪ I told you about my loss ♪

♪ My mind can't handle it ♪

♪ I need to take my time ♪

♪ The only truth to me ♪

♪ The past is coming down ♪

♪ In the worst way ♪

♪ I trust my sweetest lies ♪

♪ My pain is not a shame ♪

♪ What can I lie about ♪

♪ You saved my mind again ♪

♪ Where you hide my eyes ♪

♪ Before I can come back ♪

DARK SOCCER

[guitar chords]

[yelling] Son of a bitch!

[yelling] Fuck!

[yelling]

[guitar chords] [yelling]

♪♪ Wild love, ♪

♪ Won't you forget me? ♪

♪ Walking down the dark Manly streets ♪

♪ Don't reach out your hand to me ♪

♪ Wild soul, ♪

♪ don't you regret that pain? ♪

[helicopter blades] [guitar chords]

♪ Scratched and sweaty men ♪

[helicopter blades]

♪ spinning down your swirl ♪

[helicopter blades] [guitar chords]

♪ The forest in bloom is your house ♪

♪ The son of a good heart who falls ♪

♪ Your nature shines, Your nature hurts ♪

♪ You're the nature's sight. ♪

♪

President, there's nothing I can do.

[snaps]

[sigh]

[moaning]

[snaps and moaning]

[snaps and loud moaning]

Okay! Enough!

You can go!

[notes]

Here's your money!

[Woman] Can I use the bathroom?

Go on!

[Kadu] But close the door on your way out!

[steps getting farther]

[pills shaking in bottle]

[lid closing bottle]

[guitar chords]

[jar hits the table]

[guitar chords]

I am very happy with this opportunity.

But my focus is the Brazilian National Team.

Okay!

You have no idea what this award means to me.

[Kadu] For a kid who came from a poor neighborhood, like me,

♪

[Genaro] Kadu's return to Brazil is a risky bet.

Kadu says he's being chased by the press.

Soccer fans boo Kadu

when entering the field.

[sigh]

[snap]

I don't think I've ever told you Kadu,

but in my entire career

few players have given me that feeling

that I had gotten it right!

[snap]

I don't know what's happening.

I don't know!

Why did you take that penalty kick, Kadu?

I just wanted to score that goal.

For my mother.

[sigh]

♪

[Genaro] So, Dr. James, the reason for this urgency...

[James] The urgency is Kadu's contract.

[Genaro] Of course, but unfortunately it didn't work out as we thought.

[James] You know that's not an option.

[James] You know doctor Yuri,

was very upset about what he lost

because your client missed that penalty,

[James] but that's part of the game, it's a bet.

We're going to talk about the signed contract

[James] and the fine!

[steps]

♪

♪♪ I'm slowly dying I left behind ♪

♪ I can't see sunrise no more ♪

♪ I closed the window I'm giving up now ♪

♪ My path is getting short ♪

♪ I can't believe in a long ride ♪

♪ I need to find my feelings ♪

♪ To fight for rain To see the sun ♪

♪ I cried for me, but I want to run, I go ♪

♪ For my dreams, for my life ♪

♪ To belong to me again ♪

♪

♪ I'm slowly dying I left behind ♪

♪ I can't see sunrise no more ♪♪

Mr. Jair!

Hi Geneci.

[Jair] I didn't know you were here.

Today is the day I open up the house and clean it up.

[Geneci] But I don't even know why, right?

You are right,

I just didn't remember that today was the day you were coming.

Cleaning up a closed up house is harder than cleaning a crowded one.

[Jair] I can imagine. Do you remember this photo here?

[Jair] Huh? [Geneci] - Uh-huh.

[Jair] Roni, Tonho and Kadu.

[Jair] Only the three of them left.

My nephew was one of the ones who are gone.

Exactly, it's shocking, five of them, five, already gone

since this plague took over the neighborhood.

[electronic music]

[Flávia] Couldn't you have arranged this date in a better place?

Just to remind you, it wasn't me who arranged this date.

[Flávia] I have a problem. [electronic music]

Two million.

[snicker]

[Kadu] Are you crazy, Flávia?

That's nothing to you, my love.

Don't call me love!

[electronic music]

[object hits table] Here, take it!

[Guy 1] There you go, mercenary. [Guy 2] - Got scared of the penalty.

[fighting]

Tomorrow he's on another team, but the team goes on,

say something to the crowd. Come on, mercenary.

Say something, motherfucker. Fuck you, fuck you, man.

[Kadu] Fuck you!

[Fan] Damn, look at the guy's car, dude.

Showing off, you fucking mercenary!

[Fan] Go fuck yourself, son of a bitch. Fucking asshole!

[Fan] Grow a pair, man!

[Kadu] Mad, lowlife!

[Genaro] He's an idiot, the president's stooge.

[Genaro] Look, the video is going viral all over social media.

[Kadu] Damn it!

[Genaro] That's everything we didn't need.

[Kadu] Those guys offended me, Genaro!

[Genaro] You're right, Kadu, that may be,

but you should not have met with Flavia!

You know very well that whenever you meet that woman

you lose your mind and do this type of shit here, Kadu.

This shit right here!

[Kadu] My bad, Genaro.

[engine]

♪

I can't be considered

a has-been soccer player at 29, man.

Kadu, look, I'm sure that the Lord, he...

he will bless you a lot, man.

You're going to walk a victorious path in your life.

But first you must have faith, alright?

Neco, do you really believe that, man?

Kadu, you need to feel all that comfort within you.

Because only the word of the Lord will...

take away all this anguish that is inside of you.

Trust me.

Trust me!

Huh?

[Fan] Soon nobody will remember that the son of a bitch

missed the fucking penalty.

People are quick to forget, Carniça.

[Carniça] The people are, but I'm not, damn it.

[Carniça] Soon the president will be a deputy.

Kadu already has so much fucking money!

But the team is my life, It's my passion, damn it!

It was all set up for us to win the fucking title,

then the guy misses the fucking penalty, damn it!

The referee gave the fucking penalty, and he missed it!

Fucking, damn it!

[Fan] We can't just let that shit slide!

No, we won't.

I'm scheming some ideas here.

[steps]

[Flávia] He owes it to us.

[Man] No, he doesn't, Flávia.

[Man] You break up him and expect him to keep doing whatever you want?

Is he still set on that hospital idea?

[sigh]

As far as I know, it's the only thing he dedicates himself to

since even before returning to Brazil.

What an idiot!

He thinks he can change the world somehow.

[laughs]

[sigh]

Diogo!

He can pretend he isn't,

but he's still crazy for your little sister.

[laughs]

Crazy for you, Flávia?

And that makes someone lend two million?

We're screwed!

This business is over!

Cedenir!

My dear father-in-law loves me,

we can ask Cedenir

to persuade Kadu to lend us the two million.

[Flávia] No.

Cedenir only wants to spend his son's money.

Can you believe that Kadu pays an allowance to his father

that is greater than mine?

♪

[Kadu] Genaro, you screwed me over!

If the idea was to do nothing, I would have negotiated the deal myself!

Now, don't start with me.

I will not revoke the contract on my own. Forget about it!

Kadu, you know very well that you didn't reach their expectations

in these four months you've been here.

But actually, in this moment, that...

is not our main problem.

So, what is our main problem?

We have a pre-contract with the Russians

and they will not accept you like this.

We? Pre-contract? Which Russians?

I didn't sign anything with nobody!

Where do you think

all the money for your famous hospital project came from?

But...

[Kadu] you never told me anything about it.

Is it like a...

an off-the-record agreement?- No, no!

[Genaro] We don't use that term anymore. It was...

a way to make sure you stayed

here for the entire season and then you'd go there.

And all the money would be ours, and most importantly,

[Genaro] we were going to get rid of that stupid president.

Sangaletti.

Who obviously knows nothing!

Fuck!

And how much did the Russians pay in advance?

The problem is not "how much", but their fine. It's unpayable!

If you don't go there in peak performance, forget about it!

And what do you want me to do, now?

[Genaro] I want you to play!

Play like you did before, play like you'd always played,

play the way I sold you to them!

You know what, I want the Russians go fuck themselves!

[Genaro sighs]

Kadu!

[Genaro] Kadu, you are not a child, anymore!

[Genaro] Kadu, listen to me.

[steps]

[Genaro] Try to imagine who these guys are involved with.

It's not only about soccer, do you understand?

We have to find a solution.

We can't just pretend this isn't about you!

It's serious stuff!

It's not just a cheerleader threatening you, no!

The hole is way deeper, it's serious shit, cazzo!

♪

[Sangaletti] Fuck!

♪

[Sangaletti] You don't need to explain it to me, James.

[Sangaletti] In this case, we've all lost.

[Sangaletti] We lost the money from the bets...

and the deal.

[James] That doesn't matter at all for the people who placed the bets.

[James] They trusted us and we trusted you.

[James] That was the mistake.

[Sangaletti] We did our part.

[Sangaletti] The referee did his part.

[Sangaletti] We just didn't count on that piece of shit!

[Sangaletti] Kadu was a complete mistake.

When I hired that dumbass

I thought he was coming full force.

[Sangaletti] I don't know what happens,

the guy is crazy, depressive, I don't know what he is.

[Sangaletti] He thought he was a big shot and decided to take the penalty.

[Sangaletti] He had been playing poorly, and was out of shape,

and that was the result.

[James] We lost the betting money,

but we will not lose any more money.

[James] You can count on it.

[Sangaletti] And what are you going to do?

[James] How do you think Yuri became a millionaire?

Being an amateur?

[James] Someone's gonna have to pay that bill, president.

[slaps on back]

[ice hitting the cup]

[sigh]

♪

I told you you'd never make it!

You are not Jair.

You're a loser, like me, son.

[Cedenir] Understand that!

[pills shaking in bottle]

[lid closing]

[bottle hits the table]

[car engine]

[steps]

[door closes]

[Neco] Hey, Kadu.

[Kadu] What's up, Neco! All good?

[Neco] I'm very happy to share this moment with you.

Look, calm down your heart, bro.

The Lord has already blessed you a lot by bringing you here today.

[Neco] Let's go!

[Neco] This is Carol, the pastor's daughter.

[Carol] Can I take a selfie?

[Neco] Let's go? We're late, excuse me.

[steps]

[Pastor] The doors of the Lord

open up to receive yet another heart in search of peace.

[Pastor] Are you okay? - Yes, pastor.

This is Kadu, who I told you about.

Pastor Carlos.

I'm not in a very good phase right now.

Neco insisted so much that...

Kadu, many of the athletes

who played in the teams that you've also played

have discovered the Lord in their hearts.

You're without a contract and you're still a young man,

these things weigh heavily on us.

Yes, that's why I came here today, just to get to know the place.

But I, maybe I'll come back soon... anyway, I apologize because...

well, there are a lot of new things going on in my life right now.

and I need to go now, but maybe we can talk some other time. Ok?

Sure, sure.

The Lord is very patient!

[Pastor] Think, reflect.

We'll always be here with our doors open,

to comfort your hearts.

I'll accompany you, then.

[Neco] I'll be right back.

[Kadu] Thank you. [Pastor] - My pleasure.

[Pastor] May the Lord be with you!

[Neco] Come on, Kadu.

[Carol] Running away, huh?

Shut up, Carol!

What's your problem, girl?

Nothing. You're the one with a problem, otherwise you wouldn't be here.

Pastor!

[handshake]

♪

♪♪ There's no chance, There's no way ♪

♪ There is no crying, There are some truths ♪

♪ I try to go, It's a lost ♪

♪ There's no more, There's the way ♪

♪ I walk alone ♪♪

♪

Nice, shouldn't you be gone already?

[Nice] Mr. Kadu, I just wanted to say that my husband, my nephew, and I...

we all know what the club did to you.

And we believe in you.

We think you're different.

from those who just want money, you know?

My oldest son said,

Tell him to go back to the village and he'll start playing well again

[Nice] Can you imagine?

[steps]

[ball kicking]

♪

[ball rolling on the ground] ♪

♪

[barks] ♪

♪

Didn't I tell you I'd come back, uncle?

♪

Can I give you a hug?

What do you want here?

Come on, uncle. I want to make up for lost time.

Get back with the guys again.

Train with you.

Go away!

♪♪ There's no chance, There's no way ♪

♪ There is no crying, There are some truths ♪

♪ I try to go, It's a lost ♪

♪ There's no more, There's no way ♪

♪ I walk alone ♪

♪ There is no law ♪

♪ There is no cause ♪

♪ There is no fall ♪

♪ Without pain ♪♪

♪