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    9: Film Study Bend it like Beckham is a 2002 British comedy-drama film‚ which focuses on an Indian family who is strict with their culture and religion. Jess (main character) faces a series of problems in order to achieve her dreams of becoming a professional football player. She had to bend some rules to achieve the goals in the end. I will be supporting this with the following arguments below. Firstly‚ the title of the film is “Bend it like Beckham” not “Break It like Beckham”. Secondly‚ I will

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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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    11-27-12 Bend it like Beckham Throughout the course of the movie “Bend it like Beckham” the characters experience internal and external conflicts. While some of these don’t necessarily get solved‚ many of them do come to conclusions‚ and mostly end favorable. One example is the Father’s inner conflict in giving his daughter freedom all while wanting to continue their cultural norms. This conflict is seen throughout the entirety if the movie and is dealt with until he finally decides what’s

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    Bend it Like Beckham (2002/3) is a romantic comedy written‚ directed and produced by Gurinder Chadha‚ a Kenya-born British film maker who grew up India. Director Chadha’s films often reflect on her complex background. Unlike many comedies‚ Bend it Like Beckham is filled with plenty of important themes. One of them addresses the importance of cultural integration. Jesminder Bhamra‚ like the director‚ is British-Asian. Just like Director Chadha had refused to take traditional Punjabi dancing lessons

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    Bend it like Beckham is a film that was written‚ directed‚ and produced by Gurinder Chadha‚ a British film maker who was grew up in India. The film focuses on the main character’s desire to play football and the conflict she faces due to her obligations to her traditional Sikh family. The character‚ Jess Bhamra‚ must make the decision to pursue football or follow her parent’s wishes and complete school and marry and Indian man. As Jess struggles to find her own identity without losing her family

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    “Jess faces several obstacles and challenges in Bend it like Beckham. How does the director use imagery to convey this aspect of the story?” Imagine being born into a family where cultures as well as overprotective parents stop you from following your dream. The film‚ Bend it like Beckham gives an insight into the life of Jesminder Bhamra‚ a typical Indian girl with a passion for football. Being raised in a family with a strong sense of culture‚ Jess was unable to achieve her main goal in life

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    Bend like Beckham” is a British-themed film about an 18 year old named Jess Jules who is infatured with playing soccer but her family forbids it because of their religion. Their religion is “Punjabi Siks”. They follow by their customs and want her too as well. Jess is at the top of her league in the soccer team she secretly joins. She does all that she can to make it to her practices and not let her family find out. Until one day her dad follows her and sees that she is actually pretty good at it

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    Bend it like Beckham is a film that was written‚ directed‚ and produced by Gurinder Chadha‚ a British film maker who was grew up in India. The film focuses on the main character’s desire to play football and the conflict she faces due to her obligations to her traditional Sikh family. The character‚ Jess Bhamra‚ must make the decision to pursue football or follow her parent’s wishes and complete school and marry and Indian man. As Jess struggles to find her own identity without losing her family

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    My two texts are “The Namesake” and “Bend it like Beckham”. Our prescribed text‚ Jhumpa Lahiris “The Namesake” explores the link to belonging in detail. The emphasis is on Gogol Ganguli. Gogol struggles with a sense of belonging to his family and his Bengali culture and heritage throughout his life in the course of the novel. Born and raised in the U.S.‚ while his parents spent their entire life in India following Bengali culture and practices and moved on to America as young adults. Gogol must try

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     the younger generation adapted to the new culture. This will lead to conflicts and  confusion between the two generations. Certain cultures encourage gender roles to try and keep  their old traditions‚ and some diminish them. As shown in the film Bend It Like Beckham‚ both  families encourage gender roles to keep their old traditions and culture‚ but are diminished at the  end of the film when both daughters are allowed to go to America to join the football team Santa  Clara.   “Multicultural identitie

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