--- title: 'Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016)' type: 'film' director: 'Jeff Zimbalist' released: '2016-04-23' runtime_minutes: 107 certification: 'PG' genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pele-birth-of-a-legend-2016' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995868/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) 2016 · PG · 107 min · Drama · United States Original title: Pele ## Synopsis Pelé: Birth of a Legend is a 2016 American biographical film about the early life of Brazilian footballer Pelé and his journey with Brazil to win the 1958 FIFA World Cup. The film was directed and written by Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist, starring Kevin de Paula, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rodrigo Santoro, Diego Boneta, with Colm Meaney, and a cameo of Pelé himself. The film focuses on the relationship between the character Pelé and his father. Filming took place in Rio de Janeiro between September 2013 late 2014. ## Credits - **Director:** [Jeff Zimbalist](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-zimbalist) - **Screenplay:** [Jeff Zimbalist](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-zimbalist) - **Original Music Composer:** [A. R. Rahman](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-r-rahman) - **Producer:** [Brian Grazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-grazer) - **Director of Photography:** [Matthew Libatique](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-libatique) ## Cast - [Seu Jorge](https://cinepixo.com/people/seu-jorge) - [Milton Gonçalves](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-goncalves) - [André Mattos](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-mattos) - [Pelé](https://cinepixo.com/people/pele) - [Vincent D'Onofrio](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-d-onofrio) - [Colm Meaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/colm-meaney) - [Rodrigo Santoro](https://cinepixo.com/people/rodrigo-santoro) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/pele-birth-of-a-legend Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/pele-birth-of-a-legend-2016 Film facts: Wikidata (Q15141749); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.