When he sets foot on Algerian soil, Jamel, a French archaeologist of Algerian origin, comes to carry out excavations on the sublime Roman ruins of the village of Timgad. The past comes to him, and the present falls upon him when he is promoted to the position of soccer coach of the local team, “The Juventus of Timgad”. Kids who juggle a meager daily life, who have no jersey or shoe, but dribble with talent. Between ancient vestiges and wounds of recent struggles, Jamel discovers on this ground the tortuous roots and the young shoots of an Algeria which dreams of being reconciled and champion of soccer.
Timgad
When he sets foot on Algerian soil, Jamel, a French archaeologist of Algerian origin, comes to carry out excavations on the sublime Roman ruins of the village of Timgad. The past comes to him, and the present falls upon him when he is promoted to the position of soccer coach of the local team, “The Juventus of Timgad”. Kids who juggle a meager daily life, who have no jersey or shoe, but dribble with talent. Between ancient vestiges and wounds of recent struggles, Jamel discovers on this ground the tortuous roots and the young shoots of an Algeria which dreams of being reconciled and champion of soccer.
