Beto (Diego Luna) and Tato (Gael García
Bernal) Verdusco are brothers who work at a banana
plantation and also play soccer for the village team.
Nicknamed “Tough” because of his personality and football
style, Beto dreams of becoming a professional soccer player;
Tato’s dream is to be a famous singer, and both share the
dream of building a house for their mother, Elvira (Dolores
Heredia). They have a change in luck when “Batuta”, a soccer
talent scout, discovers them accidentally. Tato is the first
to move to the big city where he becomes the star goal
scorer for the prestigious Deportivo Amaranto (Amaranto
Club). His baroque playing style earns him the nickname of
“Corny”. Although Beto feels he has been betrayed and left
behind, he soon travels to Mexico City to become the
goalkeeper for Atlético Nopaleros (Nopaleros Team). At the
peak of glory, they forget all animosity, although it does
not last long. At the very real possibility of fulfilling
all of their dreams, the siblings must face an innate
rivalry as well as their own demons and limitations. Beto is
a gambler and allows his addiction to drag him down; Tato is
unable to recognize his true talents and squanders every
opportunity by pursuing a false idea of celebrity and
status. The dream seems to slip through their fingers. And
it is at their worst moment that the brothers find
forgiveness trying o help each other while casting headlong
towards their individual destiny.
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