study for free. The doctor soon explains that, although the medical team have been able to stabilise Dudu's tuberculosis, he has a low CD4 T-cell count (i.e. he is HIV-positive) and needs medication that is out of stock and won't be available for another three days. It is only now the others realise Dudu is HIV positive. However, Dudu decides to persevere on the journey and to continues with Fabrice, George and Celeste towards the stadium: Beatrice decides to stay behind at the school to have an education and so try to fulfill her dream of becoming a doctor and maybe find a cure for AIDS for Dudu's sake. The team arrive at the border with South Africa, where an official insists that they are nothing but refugees. The security guards take Dudu's ball but again the team works together to retrieve it. Fabrice's football skills impress the guards, who then agree to rush the children to Soccer City in Johannesburg for the Cup. Dudu falls ill again and is rushed to the medical facility at the stadium, where he completes his fictional story by saying Fabrice carries the ball 'God gave to the people of Africa'. Except for Dudu, the team carry the ball off into the now roaring crowd. At the end, Dudu is seen walking off into a light at the end of the Soccer city stadium tunnel, carrying his briefcase & custom-made ball suggesting that he has died of HIV–AIDS. The song in the end credits is a rendition of Bob Marley's One Love/People Get Ready. Reception The Times described the film as a "small budget film with a big heart". "When did you last watch a kids' film about Africa that left you laughing, punching the air and weeping discreetly into your popcorn?" asked Kate Muir, giving the film 4 stars. The Financial Times and Metro gave it 4 stars, with the former describing it as a "terrific road movie" and the latter, "the feelgood film of the year". The Daily Express also described it as "the feelgood film of the year" noting that, "there is something infectious about the optimism". The Guardian, Time Out and Empire Online all gave the film three stars out of five. The Guardian'''s Xan Brooks found it "irksome and endearing by turns", while Dave Calhoun in Time Out thought it was "well-meaning but scrappy" and likened it to "an