Tagline:

When Abdul, son of a rich oil tycoon, mistakenly buys a football club in the middle of rural Portugal, he gets cut out from his inheritance. That is, until he finds a way to turn a profit.

Synopsis:

A comedy about a football club in the middle of rural Portugal that gets mistakenly bought by Abdul (30), the son of a wealthy oil tycoon. Faced with the prospect of lifelong exhile by his father, Abdul must raise Odeceixe United from rubles to riches with the the help of washed up Montenegrin coach Zoran and young ambitious Vanessa. Zoran Dragić (60) was once touted as one of the most promising young coaches in former Yugoslavia, way back in the 90s. When the Balkan war erupted, Zoran stayed in his home country to create a safe environment for young football players. As decades go on, Zoran’s dreams of making it big on the international stage flame out, until he gets a call from Abdul. Vanessa Rodrigues (25) is graduating from the prestigious Universidade Nova in Lisbon and according to the strict chronogram of her life, she is en route to become the first female prime minister of Portugal, by the time she is 40. That is, until she arrives in Odeceixe for her diploma internship, and finds a town forgotten in time, refusing to update itself to the commodities of the 21st century. But Vanessa won't be deterred from her fate. She takes matters into her own hands and devises a masterplan to bring Odeceixe back to the present. As Odeceixe slowly grows from a deserted town to a new beacon for globalization, the villagers witness their precious home being taken over by foreigners, and are none too pleased about that, as the new football team Odeceixe United grows in popularity.

Project representatives:

Vasco Viana (Creator, Writer, Director)