Playing for Keeps

The calendar flips to summer, the perfect time for a washed-up athlete to pretend coaching kids is a comeback. He takes over his son’s soccer team, vowing to rebuild himself while pretending he’s not failing elsewhere. By Labor Day everyone is still standing, just not in the formation promised.

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Gabriele Muccino directed Playing for Keeps in 2012. See Gabriele Muccino's full filmography, where to start with Gabriele Muccino, or where to go after you've seen everything by Gabriele Muccino.

Playing for Keeps was released in 2012 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 106 minutes.