The Beautiful Game

Belfast, as the Troubles take hold. John Kelly is the star of a Catholic youth football team coached by Father O'Donnell, and he and his friends Thomas, Ginger and Del, the side's only Protestant, want nothing more than to win the cup. John falls for Mary, a sharp girl with strong views on civil rights, while Thomas is drawn toward the gunmen and turns on Del. As the streets grow more dangerous, each of the friends has to decide how far loyalty to their own side should go.