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PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND Movie Review

Name: PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND Movie Review
Item: PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND
Rating: 3.25
Author: Sivapriya Anand

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Review for the film " PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND "

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 1 Hour 49 Minutes

Certificate: UA

Released: 13-05-2016

Genre: Drama, Biography, Sports

Similar To: Wendy, White Boy Rick, The Man With The Iron Heart, Lying And Stealing

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CAST & CREW

Rodrigo Santoro

Ishaan Chhabra

A. R. Rahman

Brian Grazer

Colin Wilson

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Producer:

Ivan Orlic

Brian Grazer

Colin Wilson

Edson Arantes Do Nascimento

Kim Roth

Music Director:

A. R. Rahman

Editor:

Naomi Geraghty

Glen Scantlebury

Luis Carballar

Composer:

Ishaan Chhabra

Kevin J Doucette

Director:

Jeff Zimbalist

Michael Zimbalist

Movie Actor:

Rodrigo Santoro

Colm Meaney

Kevin De Paula

Diego Boneta

Movie Actress:

Tonya Cornelisse

Costume Designer:

Ines Salgado

Director of Photography:

Matthew Libatique

Visual Effects Producer:

Jinnie Pak

Casting Director:

Michelle Wade Byrd

Gail Stevens

Mary Vernieu

Still Photographer:

Ique Esteves

Artur Meninea

Production Company:

Imagine Entertainment

Seine Pictures

Zohar International

Sound Effects Editor:

Bruce Tanis

Dan Kenyon

empty:

Phil Brewster

Deb Adair

Assistant Editor:

Jacob Kindberg

Andreas Fehrle

Danya Joseph

Xue Yin

Visual Effects Supervisor:

Ollie Rankin

Screenplay Writer:

Jeff Zimbalist

Michael Zimbalist

Script Supervisor:

Carmem Levy

Music Editor:

Jon Mooney

Foley Artist:

Catherine Harper

Production Designer:

Dominic Watkins

Casting Associate:

Rebecca Farhall

Jaceson Mann

Casting Assistant:

Marisol Roncali

Costume Assistant:

Maria Alice Salgado

Post Production Supervisor:

Tim Pedegana

Stephanie Gangel

Special Effects Coordinator:

Sergio Farjalla Jr

Visual Effects Coordinator:

Simran Khalsa

Digital Compositor:

Daniel Bigaj

Dan Brittain

Charlotte Jacobson

Donal Nolan

James Kawano

Philip Lucke

Priya Ayengar

Steve Ross

Zahid Jiwa

Zofie Olsson

Brett Stapleton French

Alvin Keung

Visual Effects Artist:

Randy Ui

Alex Dubus

Saurabh Raut

Camera Operator:

Daniel Venosa

Sound Mixer:

JP Fonseca

Boom Operator:

Tiago Picado

Victor Tigronez Marinho

Sound Editor:

Jon Michaels

Production Supervisor:

Shibani Alter

Costume Supervisor:

Mariana Reginaldo

Digital Imaging Technician:

Michael Kowalczyk

Post Production Head:

Kevin Birou

Everett Shipp

Post Production Facility:

White Gorilla

Steadicam Operator:

Felipe Reinheimer

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The film Pele: Birth of a Legend is about a football player Pele in Brazil. There are many African descendants in Brazil, particularly in the slums. Pele was one such football player from the slums of Latin America. The game of football in America was dominated by the whites, and about how a black rose to stardom is what the movie is all about. The movie raised a considerable hype among the audiences, and whether or not it has met the expectations is the story.

Plot

Pele was born in the slums of Brazil. In 1950, Brazil, known for its excellence in football, clashed with Uruguay in a football game. Brazil miserably lost the game, and that was when Pele, who was just a child, took an oath to win the world-cup in football.

Star Performances

Many children have done roles in the movie. Leonardo Lima Carvalho has done the role of younger Pele. The main lead child artiste and the rest of the children seem to be overacting in the movie. When they are taken over by grownup stars depicting the life of the football player, the movie gets better. Seu George, who has done the role of Pele’s father, has done his role well.

Analysis

The movie’s directors Jeff and Michael Zimbalist have done a wonderful job in absorbing the real-life story of Pele. The movie seems to be snail-paced at times. Otherwise, there are hair-raising scenes in the movie which depict the life of the football player.

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