The film explores the lives of Alessandro, his friend Cléry and his grandmother, who all struggle with the passage of time and the choices they make. As Alessandro repeatedly undoes his successes and loses in the metaphorical game of life, the story highlights the consequences of wasted time and the ongoing struggle against personal failure.

Description : Belgium, 1943. The situation is becoming unbearable for the Field family : antisemitic persecutions become common and violent. Joseph Field, the father, rebels against the occupying army. He is arrested and deported. Esther, his wife, decides to go “underground”: she enters the clandestinity. She gives her oldest son to look after with Hermann, her father-in-law. He knows an escape n

Leyla, a young woman, is hired a math tutor for Antoine. As time passes by Leyla and Sami (Antoine's father) start an affair.

After the Second World War, Claude, son of communist resistance fighters, whose mother died in Auschwitz, and Ben, child of a prostitute and a Jew, face the demons that haunt them with the help of Françoise Dolto.

Tom and Ptit Lu, two 11-year old children, dream of buying the same shirt as their idol, Cristiano Ronaldo. Unfortunately their parents are no help, saying “the crisis” means there’s no money to spend. In this economical crisis that they don’t really understand, our two heroes will try to get what they’re longing for: Cristiano’s shirt!