Bend it like BeckhamBend it like Beckham

BackgroundBackgroundThe title comes from the football player

David Beckham and his skill at scoring from free kicks by bending the ball past a wall of

defenders.

This film was written, directed, and produced by Gurinder Chadha, a British film maker who was

grew up in India.

SummarySummaryAn Indian girl, Jess, living in London, loves football and also has a real gift.

The two obstacles: she is a girl and comes from a traditional Indian family.

She has to make a choice between pursuing her dream to become a member of a football team and following the tradition with her Indian family.

Main Characters

Main Characters

Jesminder 'Jess' Bhamra • A Sikh teenager living in Hounslow, west London• Trying to be a “good” girl for her parents but

infatuated with football • Not bothered by her appearance and interested

in ‘typical’ teenage girl activities• Joining the football team without telling her

parents

Juliette "Jules" Paxton • A daughter of an English couple and a local

football team player• Like Jess, shown to be ambitious but against her

mother’s wish • Having a crush on Joe• Suspected that Jess and Jules involved in a

lesbian relationship

Main Characters

Joe• An Irishman• A coach of the Hounslow Harries• Sympathizing with Jess because of having

experienced racism from the English• Falling love with Jess

Tony• A homosexual• Pretending wanting to marry Jess who can

go to America to play football

Jules complements Jess in a Jules complements Jess in a number of waysnumber of ways

both have trouble from their mothers

both want to play football

their names are similar

The Theme

Gender

Homosexual

Tony

Jess and Jules’ suspected ‘lesbian’

relationship

Behavior

Mrs. Bharmra - a gril no

showing her legs in public

Mrs. Paxton - wanting Jules

to be more ‘traditinal’

Contemporary British-Asian Life

Traditional

Not just shown as an

older, but Jess’ sister

Modern

Not just shown as the

young, but Mr. Bharmra

Movie Trailer Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsmbObwStSQ

Move Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GyUNk--qCk

References

http://www.filmeducation.org/pdf/film/BILB.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bend_It_Like_Beckham http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286499/ http://voices.yahoo.com/bend-like-

beckhamcultural-aspects-major-themes-333285.html?cat=9

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