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Paid In Sweat: BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (2002) – Presented on 35mm!
Runtime: 112 mins | Release Year: 2002 | Rating: PG-13 | Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
Production Country: USA | Original Language: English
Showtimes
‣ Thursday June 25th @ 06:30 PM
PRESENTED ON 35MM!
First generation English Indian, Jess (Parmindar Nagra) comes a strict Punjabi family. Her desire, play like her idol footballer David Beckham. But her family has other plans. Those plans are disrupted when she meets Jules (Kiera Knightley), who sees Jess’s talent, and encourages her to play on a women’s soccer club. Along the way the young women try live up to family pressures and get tangled up with unexpected love. Also, there’s a wedding!
JUST IN TIME FOR FIFA! FINALLY!
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM!
Finally us the watch word. This was meant to be a Paid in Sweat title since the beginning. We finally are able to show when FIFA WORLD CUP comes to North America no less. The best of the best of the world’s beautiful game will be at our door step and so is the best soccer movie ever made, Gurinder Chadha’s BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM. It is is the best in style, story, performance, and box office. Still yhe hight grossing soccer movie of all time! It blends the expectations of culture, sexuality, love, and sport with high energy, passion and truth. Watching, Jess and Jules stand up for the next stage of their lives is compelling and touching. BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM has soul! See it with a crowd! Olé, Olé, Olé!
Part of the Paid In Sweat series!
Cast/Crew Info
Director: Gurinder Chadha | Cast: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaheen Khan