"Pele: Birth of a Legend" is a movie that tells the story of the legendary Brazilian football player, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, also known as Pele. The movie begins with the 1958 FIFA World Cup, where Brazil is playing against the USSR. The youngest player ever to play in the World Cup, Pele, is introduced in the locker room.
The movie then flashes back to eight years earlier, showing a group of children playing football in their neighborhood, despite their harsh living conditions. One of the children, Decio, is scolded by his mother for getting dirty from playing football. Decio's father, who was a football player, is shown watching the 1950 FIFA World Cup final, where Brazil loses to Uruguay.
Decio promises to his father that he will win the World Cup for Brazil one day. The next day, Decio's mother takes him to her workplace to clean the floors. There, she explains to him about his father's football career and why she doesn't want him to play football.
Decio and his group approach a football tournament and enlist themselves, despite looking poor and having no proper football kit. They manage to leave almost every football team in the tournament behind due to their amazing football skills.
In the finals, they face the same group of boys who made fun of Decio at his mother's workplace. Despite being older and having a proper football kit, the boys are defeated by Decio's team.
The movie then shows Decio's father taking him to his workplace and suggesting that he keep aside his emotions and reply to the opponents with his skills. Decio becomes happy and starts practicing with his father.
A few years later, Decio is now 15 years old and practices with his father. A football scout named Waldemar Debrito watches him play and suggests that he participate in the trials of the local football club.
Decio struggles to adapt to the traditional technique of playing football and decides to return home. However, Waldemar explains that Decio's way of playing football is considered the Jenga style, which was used in the era of slavery. He suggests that Decio stay and prove his talent or return home as a coward.
Decio decides to stay and starts playing like the way he knows. He scores a goal and continues to do it with other teams, making a name for himself despite being the youngest player in the team.
Pele gets selected in the national team for the 1958 World Cup. During the World Cup, Pele plays as his coach suggested and the Brazilian team manages to win the game. In the semi-final against France, Pele plays the Jenga style of football and scores a majestic goal for his team.
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1. The movie "Pele: Birth of a Legend" was released in 2016.
2. The movie opens with the 1958 FIFA World Cup, where Brazil and the USSR are playing a significant match.
3. The scene then shifts to Brazil's locker room, where Pele, the youngest player ever to play in the World Cup, is introduced.
4. The movie then flashes back eight years to a time when children were playing football in harsh conditions, using self-made footballs and playing in bare feet.
5. The children's group, including Pele's character, is seen being teased and scolded by adults for their lack of proper football attire and shoes.
6. The children's group later enlists in a football tournament, where they impress everyone with their skills despite their poor attire and lack of proper football kits.
7. The group eventually reaches the finals where they are pitted against a team of older boys who had previously teased them.
8. In the final match, Pele's team initially loses, but then they decide to play in their own style, leading to a dramatic turn of events and a victory for Pele's team.
9. After the match, the crowd starts chanting Pele's name.
10. The movie shows Pele's rapid rise in the football world, from a local player to a national team member and finally to a World Cup champion.
11. Pele was declared a national treasure by the Brazilian president in 1961.
12. Pele holds the world record for most goals and is also the youngest player to score a goal in the World Cup. He is also the only player to win three FIFA World Cups.