The story takes place in the 1950 World Cup. At that time, Brazilian football was not in a recession. There were too many injuries, no systematic discipline, and it was ridiculed by Western football teams. 50 years of losing games made Brazil lose confidence. The protagonist was born in a poor black family in a Brazilian slum. His father was a professional football player, and his mother was a cleaner. The mother once took Bailey (the nickname given by the rich to ridicule the protagonist) to the employer's employer's child to push Bailey's mother and apologize to the employer's child after discovering that it reflects the invisible hierarchy and inequality of Brazilian society. During the period of the large manor in Brazil, we talked about the period of the sugar economy. Brazil needed a lot of labor. Many black blacks became the property of the manor owners. They engaged in heavy farming activities every day and were beaten. Later, the slave law was repealed. The society's discrimination against blacks has not stopped Bailey's dream. Winning games for Brazil, he showed extraordinary football talent since he was a child, but he wanted to give up football because of the death of a little friend, and cleaned the toilet with his father every day. His father encouraged Pele and trained him with mango kicks. Pele was later spotted by the football club and went to play in Santos. He trained hard, but the coach said he was playing raw football. Bailey wanted to give up, but was persuaded by the scout who found him. (Brazilians came to Portugal in the 16th century, slave blacks, and the escaped blacks created a dance that can be fought, which is later Capoeira, Capoeira was also banned after the slave law was repealed, black people integrated Capoeira into football, Capoeira is Black blood and things in history are cultural heritage. Capoeira has also achieved good results after integrating into football. People call this way of playing jinga. Culture, it's not Jinga's fault that they lost the game, but the Brazilians made excuses for their failure, blaming Jinga, blaming the black people) Pele played better and better, from the junior team to the youth team, and then promoted to professional players , and finally entered the national team at the age of 16. But Pele injured his knee in a game and still went to the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. During the match, three Brazilian starters were injured. During the match against the Soviet Union, the coach sent Pelé. At this time, Pelé's knee was still very fragile, and he played mediocrely. Bailey found a teammate, a descendant of Italian immigrants, who said that he had fantasized about being European all his life, but in the end he found out that he was Brazilian (the popularity of European nobility here reflects the common sense of belonging of descendants of European immigrants. They don't have European cultural roots and don't see themselves as real Brazilians, confused about their own identity), and encourage Pele to use jinga. Pelé decided to use jinga against France and scored three goals in a row to help Brazil reach the World Cup final. At the press conference before the game against Sweden, the Swedish coach publicly stated that the Brazilian players were all freaks and insulted the Brazilian team. The Brazilian coach said before playing: "We play differently from them, we look different from them, we have jinga, I don't want to see Brazilians who make a fool of themselves because of imitation, I want to see Brazilians themselves. The way to play!" (reflects Brazil's national identity, Brasilidade, which uses football to unite the Brazilian people to form their own culture) In the game against Sweden, the Swedish team aimed at Pele, causing Pele to be injured, and a major threat disappeared. Everyone thought that when the Swedish team won, Bailey rose up and caught up with the Swedish team to win the game 3:1! 1958.6.29 Brazil won the World Cup! National celebration! This film is a microcosm of the process of racial issues and national identity in Brazilian society. Brazil is a country of immigrants. After the discovery of Brazil in the age of great voyages, immigrants came to the Brazilian mainland one after another, and people of different skin colors, races and cultures gathered in Brazil. , how to form national identity? The film reflects how Brazil is united, how different cultures are integrated, and the process of forming Brazilian culture. Brazil's culture is diverse, not a single race. Brazil accepts and integrates various cultures. It is extremely inclusive. Various cultures bloom in Brazilian society. A wonderful balance of peaceful coexistence is what we call "cannibalism". 2020.11.20 Eva
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