Team Marco

Young Marco's grandfather introduces Marco to bocce ball and to the neighborhood crew of old Italian men who play after Nonno moves in. With sport, laughter and love, Marco rounds up a team of neighborhood kids to take on Nonno's team. Marco, 12, is obsessed with his iPad and hardly leaves the house. But when his grandmother dies and his grandfather moves in, Marco's life is turned upside-down and he's forced...to go play outside. "Nonno" (Grandpa) introduces him to bocce ball and to the neighborhood crew of old Italian men who play daily at the local court. With sport, laughter and love, Marco finds connection to other people and rounds up a team of neighborhood kids to take on Marco's grandfather and his pals. —Borough Five Pictures Model nerdy schoolboy finds it hard enough to grow up with rare contact with his divorced father, but is happy with virtual entertainment. When his grandmother is buried, 'nonno' (gramps in Italian) stays over a while and mother decides to each they need to mind the other while she goes to work. Nonno soon decides its' not healthy to stay indoors instead of playing with friends and resorts to confiscating electronic equipment. Marco can only get it back by coming along to the old man's friends favorite game, 'bocce' (Italian version of bowls or petanque). It grows on Marco, until father hands him a super-cool novel cyber-toy to test before launch. Nonno however resumes confiscation as blackmail to a dare: beat he seniors with his own boys team at bocci. Marco proves a ruthless, gifted coach, but gramps's own health spoils things. —KGF Vissers