Pelé Eterno

Pelé Eterno (Pelé Forever) is screened throughout Brazil. The career of the best player of the 20th century, in addition to blending art and emotion, is also one of redemption, history and renown without precedent in Brazil. The thrilling, incomparable and mythological story of Pelé is recounted to the rhythms of the documentary’s soundtrack created especially by Jorge Ben Jor. It traces his life, from his childhood growing up poor in Bauru up to the present, not only with never–before–seen footage, but also with revelations regarding his personal and professional life. Achieving this took five years of search and research efforts in the most import film archives in Brazil and abroad. Seventy archives were researched, yielding more than 450 goals, 3000 photographs, 210 narration of goals and 1500 headlines from newspapers and magazines of that time. In addition, 150 taped testimonies of family members, friends, players, former teammates and celebrities were collected.

The film won the Award of City of Rome at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast:
Celeste Arantes
Assiria
Gordon Banks
Franz Beckenbauer

Director: Anibal Massaini Neto
Writer: José Roberto Torero, Armando Nogueira
Runtime: 125 min
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Sport
Language: Portuguese, German
Production Year: 2004

The screening is part of the 9th Brazilian Film Festival