The Third Half (2013)

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Country: Italy
Genres: Drama, Sport
Release: 2013-11-21
Director: Enrico Maria Artale
Writers: Enrico Maria Artale , Francesco Cenni , Luca Giordano , Alessandro Guida
Language: Italian
Stars: Pier Giorgio Bellocchio , Stefano Cassetti , Ludovico Di Martino , Germano Gentile , Margherita Laterza , Valerio Lo Sasso , Marcello Maietta , Giacomo Mattia , Vito Napolitano , Edoardo Pesce
Runtime: 94 min
Awards: 3 wins & 1 nomination
AKA: Il terzo tempo (Italy) , Trzecia połowa (Poland) , The Third Half , Il terzo tempo
Plot: Samuel has spent the last few years in and out a juvenile detention center for the crimes theft, assault and drug dealing. Without a real family, he is placed in a rehabilitation program and under the supervision Vincenzo, a social worker undergoing a profound existential crisis: having lost wife in a car crash, Vincenzo is convinced work is pointless and he is frustrated by the performance the down and out rugby team that he coaches after work. When Vincenzo catches the boy in a scuffle, he becomes convinced that Samuel, despite never having played rugby, is the only hope for salvaging the team.
IMDB:tt2759292