Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (2024)

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2016

Directed by Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist

Synopsis

A boy with nothing who changed everything.

The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.

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Cast

Kevin de Paula Leonardo Lima Carvalho Seu Jorge Milton Gonçalves Seth Michaels Vincent D'Onofrio André Mattos Mariana Nunes Phil Miler Rafael Henriques Felipe Simas Adriano Aragon Mariana Balsa Eric Bell Jr. Diego Boneta Jon Cotterill Vivi Devereaux Garcia Júnior Colm Meaney Ivan Orlic Rodrigo Santoro Pelé Fernando Caruso Arthur Macedo Guilherme Martins Mailson Moura Milson Ferreira Fernando Pitt Sérgio Menezes Show All…

DirectorsDirectors

Jeff Zimbalist Michael Zimbalist

ProducersProducers

Colin Wilson Ivan Orlic Brian Grazer Kim Roth Patrick Tendai Pfupajena

WritersWriters

Michael Zimbalist Jeff Zimbalist

CastingCasting

Gail Stevens Mary Vernieu Michelle Wade Byrd

EditorsEditors

Naomi Geraghty Luis Carballar Glen Scantlebury

CinematographyCinematography

Matthew Libatique

Assistant DirectorsAsst. Directors

Pedro Barbalho Filipe Oliveira Daniela Carvalho

Executive ProducersExec. Producers

Guy East Alexandre Dauman Pelé Benjamin Mathes Paul Kemsley

Production DesignProduction Design

Dominic Watkins

Art DirectionArt Direction

Marcos Flaksman

ChoreographyChoreography

Aimee Lee McDaniel Seth Michaels

ComposerComposer

A.R. Rahman

Costume DesignCostume Design

Inês Salgado

Studios

Zohar International Imagine Entertainment Seine Pictures Zohar Cinema All Rise Films

Country

USA

Primary Language

English

Spoken Languages

English Russian

Alternative Titles

Pelé, Pelè, Pelé: O Nascimento de uma Lenda, Пеле: Рождение легенды, Pelé : Naissance d'une légende, Pelé: Nacimiento de la leyenda, Pelé: El nacimiento de una leyenda, Pelé Birth Of A Legend, Pelé: Birth Of A Legend, Πελέ: Η Ιστορία Ενός Θρύλου, Pelé: Nașterea unei legende, Pelé: Η Ιστορία Ενός Θρύλου, 贝利:传奇的诞生, Pelé: Zrození legendy, Pelé - Naissance d'une légende, פלה: לידתה של אגדה, Пеле: Народження легенди, Pelé - Der Film, Pelé, el naixement d’una estrella, Pele: Bir Efsanenin Doğuşu, Pele: Narodziny legendy, Пеле: Раждането на една легенда, 펠레: 버스 오브 어 레전드, 比利:傳奇的誕生, 球王比利, Pele: Legendos gimimas, Pelé: Zrodenie legendy, Huyền Thoại Bóng Đá Pele, პელე: ლეგენდის დაბადება, Pelé: Rojstvo legende, بيليه: مولد أسطورة, ペレ 伝説の誕生

Genre

Drama

Themes

Humanity and the world around us Inspiring sports underdog stories Emotional life of renowned artists Racism and the powerful fight for justice Show All…

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Premiere

23 Apr 2016
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (3)USAPGTribeca FilmFestival

Theatrical limited

06 May 2016
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (4)USAPG

Theatrical

26 May 2016
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (5)ItalyT

21 Jul 2016
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (6)Portugal

28 Jul 2016
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (7)Russia16+

22 Sep 2016
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (8)GreeceΚ
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (9)Hong KongI

30 Sep 2016
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (10)Spain

28 Oct 2017
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (11)Brazil10

Digital

08 Jul 2016
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (12)JapanG

29 Jul 2016
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (13)FranceU

09 Dec 2016
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (14)Germany6

Physical

03 Aug 2016
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (15)FranceU

03 Nov 2016
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (16)NetherlandsAL

13 Jan 2017
  • Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (17)Greece

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Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (18)Brazil
28 Oct 2017
  • Theatrical10
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (19)France
29 Jul 2016
  • DigitalU
03 Aug 2016
  • PhysicalU
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (20)Germany
09 Dec 2016
  • Digital6
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (21)Greece
22 Sep 2016
  • TheatricalΚ
13 Jan 2017
  • PhysicalDVD
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (22)Hong Kong
22 Sep 2016
  • TheatricalI
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (23)Italy
26 May 2016
  • TheatricalT
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (24)Japan
08 Jul 2016
  • DigitalG
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (25)Netherlands
03 Nov 2016
  • PhysicalALDVD
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (26)Portugal
21 Jul 2016
  • Theatrical
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (27)Russia
28 Jul 2016
  • Theatrical16+
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (28)Spain
30 Sep 2016
  • Theatrical
Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) (29)USA
23 Apr 2016
  • PremierePGTribeca FilmFestival
06 May 2016
  • Theatrical limitedPG

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  • Review by Gustavo Menezes ½ 14

    This movie is about a boy from a fictitious misery-ridden country whose official language is English, and who, much like a stereotypical Asian martial arts fighter, embodies the spirit of his people, a mythical force of nature called "the ginga". The ginga was passed down from the African slaves who practiced a martial art called Capoeira, and who, after the slavery was abolished, came out of the jungles to create football so they could keep the ginga alive.

    Now, as a Brazilian (from the actual country, that is - not the fictitious one this movie is set in), I've sadly grown accustomed to seeing these kinds of stereotypes all over foreign movies, but - fortunately - it never ceases to…

  • Review by Two Cineasts ★★★½ 4

    „He WAS, He IS and will always BE the best of all.“

    Hi everybody, I’m such a huge Sport(s movie) fan, it doesn’t matter what sport the pic is about, it doesn’t matter if the story based on real events or is just fictionally tale. I love the emotion and tense.
    And it’s the same with this film, about the young years of the greatest football player and sportsman of all time... Pelé.

    Just a quick review to a quick little film.
    Long years before the era of Maradona, Zidane, C. Ronaldo and Messi there was one player that change the game for all time. The motion picture starts with the 1950 World Cup final between Uruguay and Brazil and…

  • Review by Christofer Pallu ½

    Porra transformaram o Pelé num Gabriel Jesus.

  • Review by sage ★★½ 2

    should actually be called pelé: birth of oversaturated color grading

  • Review by maneleeo ★½

    I'm surprised they didn't show Pelé adding goals to his total goal tally by scoring against kids on the streets.

    So, I'm being told that you have a Brazillian cast (ok mostly Brazillian) and you still put every actor speaking english instead of portuguese? This is the first thing that doesn't make sense to me, but it's a common staple of films. The other thing is how they could make Pelé's style of play look so boring. There were moments during the matches where the opposition seemed to not try and walk at a slow speed just to let him through.

    It's one of those rags-to-riches stories that are too simplistic and almost mystical in a way but without magic to the story.

  • Review by Chico Fireman ½ 2

    Transforma a "ginga" numa força da natureza herdada pela população negra do Brasil dos ancestrais africanos, tipo um Vitasay mais metafísico. O filme, no entanto, é uma das maiores fraquezas da natureza vistas nos últimos tempos. Quer dizer, de natural ele não tem nada. É uma daquelas biografias envernizadas de personagens "estrangeiros" para o cinema americano, com atores brasileiros vergonhosamente falando em inglês - vergonhosamente porque os sotaques são, em sua maioria, horrorosos.

  • Review by MaryAnn 🌵 ★★★ 2

    Prior to watching this film, my previous knowledge of Pelé was that he was a really good football player from Brazil. That's it. So, I didn't necessarily have an inherent interest in watching this film, as I never played or watched football myself. But I do like sports films, so I figured I would give this a try.

    As far as sports films go, it's OK. I would have liked to see more gameplay to get a sense of Pelé's skills and how he improved as a player. The scenes with him and his father kicking fruit were interesting. But what about when he actually started playing professionally? I felt that there was a disconnect between showing how played when…

  • Review by Purnaja ★★★★

    I laughed, I cried, I cheered, and I fell in love with soccer all over again. Also big shoutout to Seu Jorge, he totally stole the show as Pele's dad.

  • Review by Frederico Battistelli ½ 1

    VAI TOMA NO CU, BANDO DE AMERICANO FILHO DA PUTA. PORRA DE FILME EM INGLÊS O CARALHO
    ESSA PORRA NAO É SOBRE O PELÉ? O PELÉ NÃO É BRASILEIRO? E POR QUE CARALHOS, SEUS FILHOS DA PUTA, FIZERAM A PORRA DO FILME EM INGLES? BANDO DE CUZÃO DO CARALHO.
    FILME RUIM DA PORRA
    VÃO SE FUDER

    imagina ver um filme sobre o Brasil, com ator brasileiro, contando a história do Pelé, DUBLADO!!! ISSO É INACEITAVEL
    que terrível, cheio de esteriotipo, pior que o mapa de overwatch, vão se fuder gringos do caralho, respeitem o meu Brasil porra


    amo o seu jorge
    me emocionei um pouquinho, mas em inglês não dá família, me ajudem aí

  • Review by CapeTaun ★½

    Is 'ginca' some kind of Dragonball mystical move?

  • Review by Lasse Rask ★★★ 4

    And with this strange origin story of the legendary Pelé, I've now logged 2000 films on Letterboxd.
    The reason why I chose to watch this film is also the reason that I haven't logged a lot of films recently: The World Cup. And in connection to that - has there ever been a more spectacular national side than Brazil with Pele leading the line? Arguably not.
    Pelé: Birth of a Legend is a film of many weaknesses but also one that manages to romanticize the 1958 Brazil team and the style that exctited the world back then and continues to influence the current Brazilian team. Jogo bonito (The Beautiful Game) is celebrated here and so is the man in the…

  • Review by Ronnie ★★★½

    More like Ginga: Rebirth of the Brazilian style football with a special appearance from Pelé, literally. Quite didactic but if you love the game you would enjoy this.

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