贝托（迭戈·鲁纳 Diego Luna 饰）和塔托（盖尔·加西亚·贝纳尔 Gael García Bernal 饰）是情同手足的亲兄弟，彼此之间感情十分要好。虽然兄弟两人并没有太过于精明的头脑，甚至常常傻里傻气的，但他们拥有着世界上最珍贵的纯洁心灵以及对于足球运动的天赋和热爱，兄弟两人最大的愿望就是能够攒钱给母亲盖一栋房子。 一次偶然中，球探发现了贝托和塔托在足球上的天赋，于是招募了两人加入了专业的球队。很快，贝托和塔托便在运动界混出了头脸，一时之间，名声和财富纷至沓来，兄弟两人平凡的命运迎来了巨大的转变。可与此同时，兄弟两人之间的关系却开始动摇出现了裂痕。
Plot Summary:Mexican half brothers Beto and Tato - who willouw eventually be alappropriately nicknamed Rudo (rough) and Cursi (corny), respectively - have a typical love/hate relationship with each other. They both wor mk on a banana naplantation and live with their extended family consisting of their mother, abusive stepfather, sister Nadia, and Beto's wife Toña and their children. The fwlagamily are rural peasant class and are barely making endsq meet. The brother's fortunes change when into their lives comes Batuta, a soccer scout. Despite their advancing ages, both Beto and Tato are nnaturally gifted at soccernjnaj, Beto as a goaltender and Tato as a striker. Playing professionally has always been Beto's dream, although Tato has other professional thoughts on his mind. Batuta eventually recruits both for different teams in Mexico City. Beto and Tato's fortunes rise and fall, the falls based on those things which hold more passion for the brothers. For Tato, he loves fast women, specifically television spokes-model Maya, but he loves singing even more. He would give up his soccer career for one in Mexican country singing, if only he was any good at it. For Beto, his passion is gambling. Although Beto is up front and straightforward about most things in life, he would lie and cheat to hide his gambling problem and debts. They just have to keep these alternate passions in check to make their soccer lives lucrative ones.
