Synopsis

Pelé Eterno ( Pelé Forever ) is screened throughout Brazil. The career of the best player of the 20 th century, in addition to blending art and emotion, is also one of redemption, history and renown without precedent in Brazil.

Pelé Eterno ( Pelé Forever ) was produced and directed by Anibal Massaini through Anima/Cinearte Produções. “ The Bible on Pelé,” in the words of Edson Arantes do Nascimento himself, is based on the text of Armando Nogueira – the most famous sports journalist in the country, with a unique style, both literary and delightful – with screenplay by Jose Roberto Torero and narrated by Fulvio Stefanini – an actor with a long-standing career in stage and television, whose successes include Meno Male and Caixa 2, for which he received the Shell Award for Best Actor in 1999 – and the contribution of hundreds of photographers from all over the world who throughout the years have recorded on film Pelé’s most incredible and unimaginable plays; the desperation as well as applause of his opponents ; the enthusiasm of the fans; the reverence paid by kings, presidents, politicians and artists to the one and only “ King of Soccer.”

The thrilling, incomparable and mythological story of Pelé is recounted to the rhythms of the PELÉ ETERNO 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.

Due to conservation problems, most of the material featured in PELÉ E