Pelé: Birth of a Legend

Movie

2016

1h 47m

English

Drama

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The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.

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Pelé: Birth of a Legend

Movie

2016

1h 47m

English

Drama

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The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.

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Cast

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Kevin de Paula

Pelé

Leonardo Lima Carvalho

Younger Pelé

Dondinho

Waldemar de Brito

Mário

Feola

Santos club's coach

Celeste Arantes

Narrator (voice)

Yuri (14 year old)

Garrincha

French Announcer (voice)

Lúcia

Zoca (voice)

José

British Commentator

Austin Smith

Assistant Coach

Spanish Announcer

Brazilian announcer

Zito

Castilho

Mauro

Didi

Directed By: Michael Zimbalist, Jeff Zimbalist

Written By: Michael Zimbalist (Screenplay), Jeff Zimbalist (Screenplay)

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evalentisoler says...

5 years ago

The fact they talk in english with each other (they are brazilians for god's sake)!! That made me not believe in the movie from the first minute. Also, stop saying brilliant acting... The acting is really poor. Sorry but this shoud have been filmed by people who really know about football, not by american people. Better if they focuse on basketball movies, Pele is a legend and you didn't do justice to him. This isn't a movie for football fans, it's a movie made for the easy and comercial audience.

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CinemanicBonkers says...

6 years ago

What a heartwarming & beautiful film based on a pro footballer that’s known for one of the greatest players in the world.

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abbibee says...

6 years ago

very nice movie and i enjoyed a lot and i don't know how this went of.. and the music wow who is that music director??

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faithful soul says...

6 years ago

In a recent survey (conducted and taken by me, myself and I), football was declared the worst sport in the world. So i'm not a fan, then, but the film was more enjoyable than expected. The actors playing Pele in his junior years were exceptional, both in acting and their skill with a ball. The film itself treads the usual autobiographical beats, but it played a fair game, and scored more often than I thought it would.

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r96sk

7/10 one year ago

A straightforward, hearty sports biopic, is 'Pelé: Birth of a Legend'.

I love football, if I'm not watching films I'm watching the beautiful game, so was looking forward to checking this 2016 flick out, as it portrays the early years of the late, great Pelé. The film isn't quite as amazing as t More

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Ahmetaslan27

10 months ago

**How to be Brazilian through Pele's movie**

One of the wonderful movie that are classified in the biographical category. When you watch Pele: Birth of a Legend, you feel a sense of belonging to Brazil because of everyone's love for the legendary star Pele. The director and screenwriter made us f More

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