邮差埃里克•毕肖普（斯蒂夫•艾弗茨Steve Evets 饰）是曼联队球星坎通纳的铁杆球迷。埃里克因无法面对自己抛弃三十年的前妻莉莉（斯蒂芬妮•毕肖普 Stephanie Bishop 饰），心神恍惚中逆行车祸。出院后发现两个继子不听管教，大儿子赖安（杰拉德•基恩斯 Gerard Kearns 饰）还与当地帮派纠缠不清，被迫替人藏凶。沮丧抑郁的埃里克考虑自杀，靠抽大麻自我麻痹。在烟酒的影响下，埃里克发现偶像坎通纳竟出现在自己身旁，为他出谋划策，鼓励他与莉莉重新来往，对儿子严加管教，甚至训练他进行体育锻炼。在埃里克对如何对付帮派束手无策时，坎通纳又建议他寻求邮差朋友们的帮助。但这一切真能帮助埃里克重获新生吗？ 本片获2009年法国嘎纳电影节金棕榈奖提名。Eric Bishop, a middle-aged postman working for the Manchester sorting office, is going through a dreadful crisis. For starters, his second life companion has not resurfaced although she was released from prison a few months ago. He is left alone with two stepsons to look after, which is no bed of roses since the two teens disrespect him and keep disobeying him. To make matters worse, Ryan, the older boy, fascinated by Zac, a dangerous gangster, has accepted to hide his gun in Eric's house. On the other hand, he is asked by Sam, his student daughter who has a newborn baby, to get back in touch with Lily, his separated wife. Now, Eric left her not long after she gave back to their daughter. As a result Eric panics... Having lost all his bearings, Eric Bishop soliloquizes face to the poster of his idol, another Eric, French footballer Eric Cantona, when the latter appears just like the genie out of Aladdin's lamp. Through a series of aphorisms peculiar to him, the footballer-philosopher will help remorse-ridden desperate Eric Bishop to get by.
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