The Second Game

A deceptively simple set-up: the director and his father Adrian watch a 1988 football match which Adrian refereed, their commentary accompanying the television images in real time. A Bucharest derby between the country’s leading teams, Dinamo and Steaua, taking place in heavy snow, one year before the revolution that toppled Nicolae Ceaușescu. Throught its comentary, The Second Game tackles how humans relate to the past and to their family.