Pele: Birth of a Legend ( Pelé: Birth of a Legend ) is an American biopic of 2016 based on the life and career of the legendary Brazilian footballer Pele .
| Pele: Birth of a Legend | |
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| Pelé: Birth of a Legend | |
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| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Jeff Zimbalist Michael Zimbalist |
| Producer | Brian grazer Ivan Orlich Kim Roth |
| Author script | Jeff Zimbalist Michael Zimbalist |
| In the main cast | Kevin de Paula Seow george Vincent D'Onofrio |
| Operator | Matthew Libatik |
| Composer | A. R. Rahman |
| Film company | Imagine Entertainment Seine pictures |
| Duration | 107 min |
| A country |  USA |
| Tongue | English Portuguese |
| Year | 2016 |
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Content
Story
The plot line of the film covers the childhood of a future football legend, up to the victory at the World Championships in Sweden, when Pele was seventeen years old. The fate of Edson Arantes do Nascimento was not always favorable to him. His father was a budding player, but he was injured early and was unable to make significant gains. The family was not rich. Despite this, parents loved their children very much and tried to do everything to help them break out into people.
Cast
- Kevin de Paula - Pele from 13 to 17 years
- Leonardo Lima Carvalho - Pele in 10 years
- Seu Jorge - Dondigno
- Mariana Nunes - Celeste, Pele's mother
- Vincent D'Onofrio - Vicente Theola
- Milton Goncalves - Valdemar de Brito
- Diego Bonet - Jose Altafini
- Colm Mini - George Raynor
- Felipe Cimas - Garrincha
- Fernando Caruso - Zito
- Rodrigo Santoro - Brazilian announcer
- Pele - Cameo
Shooting
The main work on the film began in Rio de Janeiro on September 30, 2013 [1] [2] . It was originally planned to coincide with the premiere of the film at the start of the 20th World Cup , but on February 9, 2014 it was announced that the film would not be released during the 2014 World Cup because it is in post-production and some re-filming is being done [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Production Begins on Brazilian Soccer Biopic Pelé (2 October 2013). The appeal date is October 9, 2013.
- ↑ Hollywood treatment for Pele (4 October 2013). The appeal date is October 9, 2013.
- ↑ Roxborough, Scott . 'Pele' Biopic Won't Be in Time for the World Cup (9 February 2014). The appeal date is February 10, 2014.