Search of Identity and cultural clash on the movie Bend It Like Beckham
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Olga Kolmakova, Russia
This time we watched a light amazing comedy "BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM" produced by Gurindar Chadha.
The film is set in England again and one more time we come across the members of the Indian family with their problems, relations, hobbies and feelings. The main character is an Indian girl, Jess by name, who is fond of playing football and she succeeds in it. One day she gets acquainted with Jules - an English girl who attends a football section and who is a member of the women's football team. Jess also becomes a member of this team, she attends trainings and takes part in the matches but she keeps it back from her parents. Of course, they find it out one day and try their best to prevent their daughter from this "shameful" occupation. Nevertheless Jess keeps on playing football secretly. Once their team flies to Germany and after the match all the girls and their coach Joe, who is Irish by the way, go to let their hair down to the disco. Jules likes Joe and she does everything to attract his attention but he takes a fancy to Jess and she falls for him as well. Jules sees them almost kissing and their friendship is saddened by jealousy...