welcome back to Fox Recaps today I'm going to explain the movie P birth of a legend released in the year 2016 the movie opens up by introducing the upcoming game in the 1958 FIFA World Cup the match is between Brazil and the USSR a huge crowd can be seen cheering for the game while the commentary is all negative criticizing Brazil's way of playing football at the same time the scene shifts to Brazil's locker room where the youngest player ever to play the World Cup p is introduced after that the scene shifts to 8 years earlier
where we can see a group of children polishing shoes and desperate to play football because of the harsh living conditions the children have no proper football to play with hence they steal some clothes from their neighborhood and stuff them into socks to make a football soon the group starts playing with the self-made football throwing it from roof to roof and not letting it touch the ground later one of the children playing football Deo is scolded by his mother for returning home dirty in the next scene a group of men including deo's father are listening to
a football commentary while sitting at a restaurant it's the 1950 FIFA World Cup final between Brazil and Uruguay and everyone is wishing for Brazil to win the game the children can also be seen on the broken roof of the restaurant trying to get information about the ongoing game unfortunately Brazil loses the game as a result deo's father bursts into tears seeing his father cry Deo promises that he will win the World Cup for his country one day the next day deo's mother takes him to her workplace which is a huge mansion to clean the floors
there she explains to him about how his father ruined his football career after getting an injury and it's the reason she doesn't want him to play football as soon as she steps out of the kitchen a group of Rich boys arrive there and start talking about different football players Deo also tries to join their conversation and takes the name of a local football player B but mispronounces it as P the boys make fun of him and start teasing him with the same name p meanwhile deo's mother returns and asks him to apologize to the boys
even though he was not at fault before leaving Deo grabs a piece of newspaper brought by the boys mentioning a football tournament afterwards we see Deo and his group approaching the same football tournament and enlisting themselves in though they look poor and have no proper football kit they have amazing football skills to leave behind almost every football team in the tournament soon they reach the finals where they're pitted against the same team of boys who made fun of Deo at his mother's workplace the boys are considerably older than Doo and his group and also have
a proper football kit the leader of the group makes fun of deo's group teasing them by the name of shoeless boys as deo's team are playing on the tournament without wearing football boots after hearing the insults his team decides to to acquire boots for the next game at any cost later the group plans to steal peanuts and sell them to get secondhand boots while in the ACT they're noticed by the seller who chases them however Deo and his boys manage to sneak out and reach the market in the next scene while the group is selling
the peanuts to the public the finalist group of boys reach there and start insulting them again Deo gets angry at their insults and hits the leader resulting in a fight between the two groups at home deo's mother confronts him about the bruises to which he replies that his teacher beat him deo's father intervenes and mentions that he will see the teacher the next day once the mother is gone deo's father takes him to his workplace and on the way tells him that he knows about the fight and also the football match instead of being angry
He suggests that Deo keep aside his emotions and reply to the opponents with his skills knowing that his father is by his side Doo becomes happy the big day finally arrives everyone present there is cheering for the rich boys but they also make fun of Deo by calling him P Deo and his team finally manage football boots but they appear to be too big for their size however they still wear the uncomfortable boots which makes Deo and his team slow taking this as their advantage the opponent team scores goal after goal and takes the score
to 6 to0 Deo and his team are hopeless about the situation and are furious with the opponents about their foul playing enraged Deco attempts to attack the opponents but stops after noticing his father among the audience he then decides to take off the uncomfortable shoes and play the game as they did in their streets after that he gets the ball and Dodges around the opponents surprising the crowd with his amazing skills and scoring the first goal soon all of his teammates take off their oversized boots and start playing their way right then the game takes
a huge turn and deo's team starts dominating the game all of his teammates managed to dribble between the opponents and score goals pushing the score to 6 to5 unfortunately Deo and his team lose the game but the crowd seem to be impressed by their mesmerizing performance right then everyone starts chanting the name p as soon as the game is over they spot the men from whom they stole the peanuts the other day the men give them a Chase causing the young boys to run into the forest one of P's friends trips over a branch and
falls on the ground P returns to help him and takes him to a small hole in the ground to hide suddenly it starts raining and a landslide occurs this buries his friend and he ultimately dies a distraught P returns to his home and cries in front of his mother blaming himself for his friend's death the following day P's father takes him to his workplace aiming to distract him from his friend's tragedy he tries to cheer him up by showing some of his skills as he plays with mangoes P ignores him for some days but later
starts joining him and practicing with the mangoes cut to a few years later and P is now 15 years old his mother notices him practicing with his father and finally decides to call a Football Scout named waldemar deito to watch him play when P returns home he's happy to see waldemar inside his home waiting for him waldemar suggests P participate in the trials of the local football club in the next scene p is training for professional football with the Santos football team he starts out poorly and finds it difficult to adapt to the traditional technique
of playing football discouraged with the way he plays P decides to return back to his home while he's at the train station waldemar meets him and asks him about the reason for his return P replies that he feels like his way of playing football is not accepted in the academy and the coach does not like him waldemar explains that his way of playing football is considered as the Jenga style which was used in the era of slavery he mentioned that he plays best in the same style but adds that the style was blamed for Brazil's
World Cup loss in 1950 at last he suggest P to either stay and prove to the world about his talent or return home as a coward after waldemar leaves P thinks for a while and decides to stay the next day while playing a match P makes some bad calls and upsets himself and his coach suddenly he remembers him and his father training with the mangoes and notices waldemar cheering for him he then decides to play like the way he knows he gets the ball and dribbles it with ease between the legs of the opponents he
kicks the ball in the air like he practiced with the mangoes and sends it into the net for a goal the coach is shocked by the way P scored the goal and asks him to do it again P scores again surprising all the spectators with his old technique of playing football he continues to do it with other teams and starts making a name for himself despite being the youngest player in the team soon after b gets promoted from the junior team to the pro team playing matches with the teams all around the country after his
trip he pays a surprise visit to his home bringing some gifts for the family including a radio for his father they decide to listen to the announcement of Brazil's national squad for the 1958 World Cup P has no hope that he can be selected for the national team as he is too young despite this they listen to the announcement and to their surprise P gets selected in the team during P's departure with the national team his father tells him to believe in himself and his way of playing football P leaves and later meets with his
teammates who seem to be friendly however the reporters present there make fun of Brazil's way of playing Jenga style football at International level after that the national team coach calls P for a meeting and warns him against playing the Jinga style of football the next day P tries to play the traditional European way like the coach suggested but finds it difficult he then decides to try his own way but gets tripped and injures his knee in the process the team doctor examines him and sadly confirms that the injury May rule him out of the World
Cup at Night P calls his mother and informs her about his injury his mother is shocked to hear it but still encourages him to have faith and take care of himself the World Cup starts and the Brazilian team manages to win a couple of Starting Games as the games are too brutal and competitive several players from the team get injured left with no no other alternative an injured p is asked to play for his country nervous P makes a couple of excuses but his coach forces him to play in the next scene P along with
his team gets onto the field with his coach reminding him to stick to the plan and play the traditional way of football during the game p plays as his coach suggested and the Brazilian team manages to win the game the next game is against France and it's the semi-final the Brazilian team is behind France with 1 to Hero on the board after the first half during the interval P looks around the dressing room and notices the injured and tired players he gets discouraged and approaches one of his teammates to replace him in the second half
however his teammate refuses citing that he is not in the proper mental state to play football he further adds that he's fed up with the traditional European way of playing football and wants to play the jingga style like they used to play during their childhood at last He suggests P play the Jinga Style of football and win the match for his team after the half P returns to play the game and when he misses a pass he remembers about his teammates suggesting him to play the Jinga way P then attacks the ball and starts dribbling
between the players with ease and Perfection everyone is shocked looking at P bouncing the ball over the players to score a majestic goal for his team after the scores are Level P scores two more goals to seize the victory for his team and secure a position in the finals with the final with Sweden approaching the Brazilian national coach calls for a team meeting and orders the team to play the traditional way of football he tries to teach them some clever tactics and also suggests them to mimic the Swedish players formation in the game in the
training he tries to make the players play with the formations but sees no improvement in the game during the press conference between the two teams the Swedish team coach makes fun of Brazil's way of playing he further adds that if Brazil continues to play the same style they will lose the finals as they did in 1950 frustrated with the opponent coach demoralizing the National Team Brazil's coach storms off from the conference at Night P calls his father and reveals about the dire situation of the team hearing this his father suggests him to unite the team
like he used to do during his childhood the next day thinking of uniting the team P challenges the players to take the ball from the hotel to the nearest Lighthouse at first all the players refuse but soon they agree to join they start kicking the football around without letting it touch the ground upon seeing this the coach also realizes what he's teaching is wrong to the team shortly after he confronts the team and admits his mistake for teaching them the formations and other traditional style of football He suggests the team to play the Jinga style
in the finals and show the world the Brazilian way of playing football he further encourages his team to enjoy the game and to put out an amazing game against Sweden in the final it's the day of the finals and both teams are ready to face each other the whistle blows and the Swedish team scores within four minutes of the play all the Brazilian supporters are in Shock with the Swedish players whirling around P stopping him from getting the ball but soon the Brazilian players compose themselves and P assist to score the first goal for the
team one after another the Brazilian team scores and so does p soon the final whistle blows and the game ends with the score line of 5 to2 Brazil wins the World Cup for the first time in history all of P's teammates storm into the ground and lift p on their shoulders the scene then shifts to the real moments after Brazil wins the finals in the last scene we are informed about how P was declared a National Treasure by the Brazilian president in 1961 P 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 that was all from the video I hope you liked it subscribe for more content like this and hit the like button to help us out also leave a comment if you want us to recap your favorite movie until next time take care
