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Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) — Ligoscope

Pelé: Birth of a Legend

Film · 2016

Pelé: Birth of a Legend

107 min · Directed by Jeff Zimbalist · PG

7.31,162
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A boy with nothing who changed everything.

The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.

Cast

Kevin de Paula

Kevin de Paula

Pelé

Leonardo Lima Carvalho

Leonardo Lima Carvalho

Younger Pelé

Seu Jorge

Seu Jorge

Dondinho

Milton Gonçalves

Milton Gonçalves

Waldemar de Brito

Seth Michaels

Seth Michaels

Mário

Vincent D'Onofrio

Vincent D'Onofrio

Feola

André Mattos

André Mattos

Santos club's coach

Mariana Nunes

Mariana Nunes

Celeste Arantes

Phil Miler

Phil Miler

Narrator (voice)

Rafael Henriques

Yuri (14 year old)

Felipe Simas

Felipe Simas

Garrincha

Adriano Aragon

French Announcer (voice)

Mariana Balsa

Lúcia

Eric Bell Jr.

Eric Bell Jr.

Zoca (voice)

Diego Boneta

Diego Boneta

José

Jon Cotterill

British Commentator

Vivi Devereaux

Austin Smith

Garcia Júnior

Garcia Júnior

Assistant Coach

Colm Meaney

Colm Meaney

George Raynor

Ivan Orlić

Spanish Announcer

Rodrigo Santoro

Rodrigo Santoro

Brazilian announcer

Pelé

Pelé

Pelé

Fernando Caruso

Fernando Caruso

Zito

Arthur Macedo

Castilho

Crew

Director: Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist
Producer: Colin Wilson, Ivan Orlić, Brian Grazer, Kim Roth, Guy East, Alexandre Dauman, Pelé, Benjamin Mathes
Writer: Michael Zimbalist, Jeff Zimbalist
Casting: Gail Stevens, Mary Vernieu, Michelle Wade Byrd
Editor: Naomi Geraghty, Luis Carballar, Glen Scantlebury
Cinematography: Matthew Libatique
Production Design: Dominic Watkins
Art Direction: Marcos Flaksman
Composer: A.R. Rahman
Costume: Inês Salgado

Details

Studios: Zohar International, Imagine Entertainment, Seine Pictures
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English, Russian
Certification: PG
Release: May 6, 2016

Themes

sportsbiographyfootball (soccer)brazilinspirational

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