There are many movies about football, but few of them are as shocking as "Pele: The Birth of a Legend", so much so that from its release until the World Cup is approaching two years later, I can't help watching it. again and again.
The charm of "Pele: The Birth of a Legend" lies in the fact that the film combines a large number of historical materials to make Pele's legendary life as real as possible.
For example, the origin of the name "Pele", the film believes that it was created for him by Altafini (later teammates) when he was a child, intending to mock his accent and shabby and barefoot image, which is also consistent with Pele's autobiography. The description of the accent error coincides.
The description of the family is also in line with reality. Pele’s father, Dondinho, is also a famous player. He retired due to a knee injury. He earned income from Weibo by working part-time. His mother did not want Pele to follow his father’s path, so once Bailey was banned from playing football for the first time, but because of his father's influence, Bailey loved football since he was a child. When he was 10 years old, he formed a "September 7th Street Club" with his friends, mainly playing football on the streets of the town, and at the same time relying on rubbing Leather shoes make money for the family. These films are presented realistically. At the same time, in order to increase the visual effects and plot features, scenes of youth football matches and street football are introduced, which is a description of Brazilian football culture.
On the timeline set by the plot, the film simultaneously records the process of Bailey's growth and transformation from a teenager to a young man, recording his thoughts of giving up due to guilt, perseverance due to his father's encouragement, doubting himself due to the coach's arrangement, etc. Mind journey.
Pele was undoubtedly happy in his childhood. Although his family was not wealthy, he had a group of friends playing football and stealing things together. They even formed a team to participate in the game, even though they were defeated. However, because of the accidental drowning of a small partner, Bailey fell into a depression of self-blame and guilt in his childhood, and he gave up football on his own initiative. There is no way to study this passage, and it can be considered as the artistic processing of the film in order to enrich the characters. As a former national team football player, his father opened Pele's heart with his own encouragement, allowing him to recognize his true thoughts.
In his youth, Pele has mastered a lot of football skills and experience through his own continuous practice, especially the "Renga" rooted in Brazilians, which has been vividly displayed in his street football. Eventually he was discovered by the football coach and brought to the football team, which gave him an opportunity to become a blockbuster in the future. In the football team, because of the coach's pursuit of European football, Brazil's unique "Jenga" play was not shown, which made Pele very troubled and even doubted himself. Lee's hesitation is in stark contrast to his performance in the World Cup. The image of the characters is fuller and more realistic. It turns out that even geniuses have doubts about life.
If it is purely a biopic, it is easy to fall into mediocrity. The film cleverly explores the fusion of Brazil's unique "Jenga" culture and football. This has also sublimated the theme of the biopic of the king of football, rising to the level of identity and national culture.
In the end, Pele perfectly displayed his Brazilian fancy kicking skills in the World Cup semi-finals and finals, using gorgeous and complicated dribbling skills, ingenious and dazzling dribbling, proficient and fast flipping skills, and wonderful barb shots. Turning the game into a show, coupled with the cooperation of his teammates, the 1958 World Cup finally caused the host Sweden to collapse due to the awakening of the Brazilian team. Pele also became famous in this World Cup and became a household name. .
The film comes to an abrupt end here, it seems that the rise of the legend, such an introduction is enough, and then this is just the beginning for Pele, of course, for the World Cup every four years, it is only one of countless legends. The beauty of the World Cup is that you never know who the next legend will be?
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