Nice film dealing with Pele's meteoric rise from the slums of Sao Paulo to leading Brazil to its first World Cup victory at the age of 17 , being played by Leonardo Lima Carvalho as a younger Pele and Kevin de Paula as an adult , it is well chronicled in this acceptable drama. Pele is recognized by many specialists, ex-soccer players and fans as the best soccer player and athlete of all time . A boy with nothing who changed everything !.
Filmed entirely in Brazil, it tells the exciting and inspiring story of how a boy who lives in the Favelas is able to overcome the difficulties of his precarious way of life until becoming the dreams and hope of all a country by converting the Brazilian team to his first World Cup in 1958. Written and directed by the Zimbalist brothers , Jeff and Michael, it has had the participation of Pele himself, who has not hesitated to show the world the deepest memories of his childhood and of a Brazil full of racial problems and misery, in which work, spirit of improvement and that very special way of playing (Ginga) united that group of players and the whole country in an unbreakable way . Regarding the Brazilian football style : Ginga , it was inspired by two forms of art :1.- martial art called Capoeira. Capoeira is a martial art that combines different elements of dance, acrobatics and music. It was developed at the beginning of the 16th century in Brazil with African roots. 2.- Samba is a solo dance that originated in Brazil. A form of dance that involves keeping your body straight but moving your legs and feet ever so slightly. Mixing these two fundamentals, Brazil produced arguably one of the most delightful styles of football to ever exist, Ginga. The style consists of a very dominant and possession-based type of playing football, with a very attacking mindset. And adding a rousing and spectacular soundtrack , being scored by composer A. R. Rahman, who also composed the musical score for Slumdog Millionaire (2008). The picture is acceptably played by some non-professional actors and adding brief appearances of some known actors , such as : Rodrigo Santoro , Colm Meaney , Milton Gonçalves, Diego Bonetta , Vincent D'Onofrio as a coach and cameo by Pelé himself as Man Sitting in Hotel Lobby.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (1940- 2022), better known as Pelé, was a Brazilian soccer player who played as a striker . Dico, as he was known in his childhood, created a team with his neighborhood friends called Ameriquinha, which won the city tournament and little by little he became the best player in Brazil and then in the whole world. Considered the best soccer player of all time, he was the only one to win three Soccer World Cups, as well as one of the few soccer players to win the Honorary Ballon d'Or in 2013 and being described by FIFA as "the greatest of all". In 1999 Olympic Magazine, the official organ of the Olympic Movement, distinguished it as one of the five " best athletes of the 20th century", being the only footballer to achieve this recognition. In 2016 the International Olympic Committee, on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, awarded him the Olympic Order. In 2000 he was chosen as the "best footballer of the 20th century". Pelé began his professional career in 1956 at Santos, a club he played for until 1974 and with which he won one title in the Intercontinental Champions Super Cup, two in the Intercontinental Cup, two in the Copa Libertadores de América, and six from the Brasileirão, four from the Rio-São Paulo Tournament and ten from the Paulista Championship. He is the top scorer in the history of the São Paulo team with 643 goals in 659 games, the second highest number for the same club in official matches . Adding the unofficial matches at Santos, he scored 1091 goals in 1116 games. 21 In 1975 he signed for the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League (NASL), where he won a league title. He made his debut with the Brazilian team in 1957 at the age of sixteen and is, along with Neymar, considered to be the top scorer. He played in four World Cups, of which he was champion in 1958, 1962 and 1970, being the youngest and most times footballer who has obtained it. He scored a total of twelve goals in World Cups and was chosen as the best player in 1970 and the best young player in 1958. In 1959 he reached second place in the Copa América in his only participation in the tournament. He retired from soccer in 1977.
Filmed entirely in Brazil, it tells the exciting and inspiring story of how a boy who lives in the Favelas is able to overcome the difficulties of his precarious way of life until becoming the dreams and hope of all a country by converting the Brazilian team to his first World Cup in 1958. Written and directed by the Zimbalist brothers , Jeff and Michael, it has had the participation of Pele himself, who has not hesitated to show the world the deepest memories of his childhood and of a Brazil full of racial problems and misery, in which work, spirit of improvement and that very special way of playing (Ginga) united that group of players and the whole country in an unbreakable way . Regarding the Brazilian football style : Ginga , it was inspired by two forms of art :1.- martial art called Capoeira. Capoeira is a martial art that combines different elements of dance, acrobatics and music. It was developed at the beginning of the 16th century in Brazil with African roots. 2.- Samba is a solo dance that originated in Brazil. A form of dance that involves keeping your body straight but moving your legs and feet ever so slightly. Mixing these two fundamentals, Brazil produced arguably one of the most delightful styles of football to ever exist, Ginga. The style consists of a very dominant and possession-based type of playing football, with a very attacking mindset. And adding a rousing and spectacular soundtrack , being scored by composer A. R. Rahman, who also composed the musical score for Slumdog Millionaire (2008). The picture is acceptably played by some non-professional actors and adding brief appearances of some known actors , such as : Rodrigo Santoro , Colm Meaney , Milton Gonçalves, Diego Bonetta , Vincent D'Onofrio as a coach and cameo by Pelé himself as Man Sitting in Hotel Lobby.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (1940- 2022), better known as Pelé, was a Brazilian soccer player who played as a striker . Dico, as he was known in his childhood, created a team with his neighborhood friends called Ameriquinha, which won the city tournament and little by little he became the best player in Brazil and then in the whole world. Considered the best soccer player of all time, he was the only one to win three Soccer World Cups, as well as one of the few soccer players to win the Honorary Ballon d'Or in 2013 and being described by FIFA as "the greatest of all". In 1999 Olympic Magazine, the official organ of the Olympic Movement, distinguished it as one of the five " best athletes of the 20th century", being the only footballer to achieve this recognition. In 2016 the International Olympic Committee, on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, awarded him the Olympic Order. In 2000 he was chosen as the "best footballer of the 20th century". Pelé began his professional career in 1956 at Santos, a club he played for until 1974 and with which he won one title in the Intercontinental Champions Super Cup, two in the Intercontinental Cup, two in the Copa Libertadores de América, and six from the Brasileirão, four from the Rio-São Paulo Tournament and ten from the Paulista Championship. He is the top scorer in the history of the São Paulo team with 643 goals in 659 games, the second highest number for the same club in official matches . Adding the unofficial matches at Santos, he scored 1091 goals in 1116 games. 21 In 1975 he signed for the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League (NASL), where he won a league title. He made his debut with the Brazilian team in 1957 at the age of sixteen and is, along with Neymar, considered to be the top scorer. He played in four World Cups, of which he was champion in 1958, 1962 and 1970, being the youngest and most times footballer who has obtained it. He scored a total of twelve goals in World Cups and was chosen as the best player in 1970 and the best young player in 1958. In 1959 he reached second place in the Copa América in his only participation in the tournament. He retired from soccer in 1977.