Synopsis:
Yossi was born deaf because his mother suffered a blow to her stomach when she was pregnant.
Meir was born deaf and lives with his single parent father, a cripple with no hands or feet who cannot communicate with his son in sign language.
Moshe was born deaf. Already at the age of twenty he became the single parent of a hearing child.
Yoni is the third generation of a deaf family who live together in a small apartment. There, he and his wife (who is twelve years older than him) are bringing up their daughter and three children from his wife's previous marriage.
Miki is the only deaf goalkeeper in the world who earned the right to play in the First Division.
How from these miserable difficulties grew a film which is all about a painful life, burning eyes, passion, love, creativity and perseverance.
This wonderful group is the Israeli National Deaf Team of five a side football.
In their view they beat deafness a long time ago. Therefore, as is their habit, with no real support from the Israeli government and no recognition from the Israeli public, they set out on another "mission impossible" that they have set for themselves: to get into the first eight of the World Championship in Bulgaria against 24 great teams whose players enjoy first class training camps and who earn salaries like professionals.
Seemingly this is another sports story, emotional, tense and breath taking about an Israeli group coming as "under dogs" to an international five a side tournament.
But every glance, every smile, every tear, every shout of despair, encouragement or joy of deaf sportsmen is like a diamond created deep in the depths of the human soul and comes to us as an unfiltered and unstoppable pure sound.
This is the story of a few high quality Israeli sportsmen who reached the heights without the privilege of ever hearing their mother's voice saying "you will become great", without ever hearing the roar of support of the crowd or the National Anthem "Hatikvah" which they sing recognizably with pride.
This is a film of a small group of deprived sportsmen who count themselves lucky and are thankful, in their great life problems, for each day they are privileged to speak and hear through sport and to represent their country with honor.
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