Your dreams are your family now. Choose wisely.
A soccer player, relentlessly pursues his dream of playing professionally, threatens his relationship with his sister after he is kicked off the team and exiled back to Miami. As they battle over their mother’s legacy, he will stop at nothing to get another chance at soccer glory, even if it means losing the only family he has left.
Acting
Ramirez brings raw desperation to every training montage
Direction
Debut that knows exactly whose story it's telling
Cinematography
Miami as character—neon sweat and broken dreams
Director
Danny Ramirez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ramirez casting fellow Latinx rising stars (Mendes, Calva, Expósito) creates an authentic generational portrait rarely seen in sports dramas.
The title's double meaning—relay baton passed between siblings, and the police weapon of his exile—reveals the film's central tension in one word.
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