Of Love and Lies (2019)

Twelveyear old Theo plays for a local soccer club and has enough talent to eventually go pro But his father has been on a selfdestructive spiral ever since he started drinking and got divorced and Theo feels powerless and anxious as he watches his dad slowly destroying his own life But he refuses to give up on him When a recruiter for a prestigious British club takes notice of him Theo sees an opportunity to rekindle his fathers hope but despite all his efforts he is not selected So he decides to lie and say he was hoping to make his father happy and proud Theos dad is so overjoyed that he puts all his heart into helping his son prepare for onceinalifetime opportunity gradually regaining his taste for life and motivation for the future Until the lie reaches unforeseen proportions and completely spins out of control Thankfully Theos little lie has already operated big change and generated so much hope that life is able to get back on track Only better