Friends informs the way one view others and the world. In the film “Bend it like Beckham” by Gurinder Chadha it says “You know how we’ve been good friends for a long time now. We’d like to ask for your blessings. We’d like to get engaged. But look there’s one condition - I want Jesminder to go to college first‚ anywhere that she wants (2002).” This quote to me shows that friends will do anything for you to make you happy‚ no matter the consequence. Tony knew that Jes (Jesminder) wanted to go to college
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The film ‘Bend it like Beckham’ main character is an Indian girl‚ Jess whose dream is to play professional football. However‚ Jess’s parents are Indians and their culture does not accept Indian girls playing football. The difference of beliefs causes conflict between Jess and her parents and the other characters in the film and highlights the cross-cultural interactions. Culture is a system of values beliefs‚ assumption and norms shared among a group of people (country‚ region‚ religion‚ profession
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Bend it like beckham portrays the story of a young indian women named Jasminder Nagra who is caught between the barriers of both her own culture and the western culture. Her sense of belonging is then distorted when Football (soccer) comes into play during the film. Frequent close ups of both the traditional household and the clothing her family wears instantly distinguishes her from white western culture‚ she feels that in order to become a soccer player she must give up her culture of a traditional
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Jess is the main character in the movie “Bend it Like Beckham”‚ she tries to be a good girl for her mother and father but can’t help sneaking off to play football. While Jess has to lie and sneak around a lot‚ she is not intended to hurt her parents any way. Jess has always been very strong and determined in the movie‚ except over time she becomes even more determined‚ and even stronger. We see Jess talking to Beckham at the beginning of the movie‚ and as she grows and matures‚ she finds out she
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Bend it Like Beckham uses the metaphor of football (soccer) to explore and discuss race‚ gender‚ and ethnicity in contemporary London. 18-year-old Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) is a British Indian Punjabi Sikh living in the western suburbs of London. Her older sister‚ Pinky (Archie Panjabi)‚ is preoccupied with fashion and her upcoming wedding to her boyfriend Teetu (Kulvinder Ghir)‚ who operates a successful automobile business. Jess’ father (the noted actor‚ Anupam Kher ) is a Kenyan
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At the end the dreams are what matter In the movie Bend It Like Beckam‚ the audience can identify a problem between cultural factors and the dreams and skills about Jess‚ teenagers full of expectations and skills in soccer. The only thing that she wants to do is show everybody what she is able to do‚ but her parents do not agree at all. She is fighting for her parents Jess’s family is from India‚ a very traditional country in which the woman are expected to home activities‚ but Jess is not agree
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Bend It Like Beckham What you want and what your parents will accept is a common disagreement in most households these days. In the movie ‘Bend it like Beckham’ they showed the conflict between Jess between and her parents. The conflict was how they feel and what they want for her‚ how Jess sees the situation and how it is resolved. Throughout the movie Jess is constantly pulled in different directions for what she wants and what her parents and culture expect from the Indian girl Jess. Jess’s
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Report for Cultural Understanding The main aim of this report is to describe‚ analyze and understand Indian culture and integration Indians with British culture in a connection to movie: “Bend it like Beckham”. The aim is also to assign every character to stage of intercultural sensitivity and define what kind of cultural development is possible for each of them. Findings: Jess: In my opinion she is on the fifth level of intercultural learning‚ she adapts to the british culture‚ she knows
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Exploration of Race and Gender Identity in the Movie ‘Bend it Like Beckham’ SCL 4110 - Gender and Culture Research Paper Zairen Tasnin 11 April 2013 Word Count: 1‚754 Gurinder Chadha is a British filmmaker who wrote‚ directed and produced the movie Bend it Like Beckham (G. Rings). The movie was premiered in the United States in 2003 and it had won praise from both critics and moviegoers for its accurate representations of the Asian culture (G. Rings) and initiating
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Bend It Like Beckham Essay Bend It Like Beckham is a movie directed by Gurinder Chadha. It revolves around Jesminder‚ a teenage Indian girl who’s passion is for playing soccer. This film explores many important themes such as racism‚ sexuality‚ stereotypes‚ breaking gender barriers and culture. The theme that I will be focusing on is culture. The main symbol for ’culture’ is food. Food is a recurrent theme of the film that is constantly repeated in scenes but only subtly. It has surprisingly
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