Game on the other

Thirty-seven-year-old Nela, a mother of two boys, meets her high school classmate Romana after many years. Roman's nineteen-year-old son Ben falls in love with Neela. He plays football, just like Nel's sons. On the way home from training camp, a bus crashes with the young footballers and Ben is in danger of losing his leg. Nela fights back and asks her fellow doctor to try to save Ben's leg. Nela resists the unequal relationship, she is aware of the age difference and despite her best efforts she eventually gives in to Ben. Naively, he does so thinking that this will contribute to his rehabilitation. Ben gets back on his feet after some time and his ambition gets him back on the field. The story is built on the development curve of the individual characters and the dramatic sequence of events over the course of a year. There are emotional passages. Confrontation between mother and lover. It ends in the form of one long monologue - 'Monologue for Nela'. The recording is based on the book Playing for Second by Zuzana Holčíková published by Autreo s. r. o.