RUTH is a film about the portuguese metropolitan and overseas society in the early 60's, to the story of a young Mozambican footballer named Eusébio, predatory athlete of Sporting Clube Lourenço Marques, who is coveted and hired by rival club Benfica. Blackmail, kidnapping, involvement of ministers, delirium in the newspapers and millionaire promises make the story of the transfer of the footballer - a kid that no one has ever seen play - a saga unfolded on two continents. It ends when the legend begins: The first game of eusebio in benfica stadium
