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Eighteen year-old Jesminder's parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local wom...

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Other Authors: Chadha, Gurinder (Screenwriter), Bindra, Guljit (Screenwriter), Berges, Paul Mayeda (Screenwriter), Nagra, Parminder, 1975- (Actor), Knightley, Keira, 1985- (Actor), Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan, 1977- (Actor), Kher, Anupam, 1955- (Actor), Lewis, Shaznay (Actor), Harper, Frank, 1962- (Actor), Stevenson, Juliet (Actor), Lin, Liangzhong (director of photography.), Pruess, Craig (composer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:English
Spanish
Language Notes:English and Spanish soundtracks.
Published: [United States] : 20th Century Fox Film Corp., [2002]
Subjects:
Women, East Indian > England > Drama.
Women soccer players > England > Drama.
East Indians > Cultural assimilation > Great Britain > Drama.
Comedy films.
Sports films.
Coming-of-age films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Criterion-on-Demand)
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Summary:Eighteen year-old Jesminder's parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women's team.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (112 min., 8 sec.)) : digital, sound, color
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13, for language and some sexual situations.
Production Credits:Director, Gurinder Chadha ; producers, Deepak Nayar, Gurinder Chadha ; screenwriter, Gurnider Chadha, Guljit Bindra, Paul Mayeda Berges ; director of photography, Jong Lin ; editor, Justin Krish ; original music, Craig Pruess.