Production company/copyright :The Works
FRIDAY OCTOBER 13. 11AM HARSTAD CINEMA ROOM 1
Director:Gurinder Chadha
Language: English
Yearr:2002
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Runtime:1 h. 41 min.
ABOUT THE FILM:
The parents of 18-year-old Jess are distraught. They want their daughter to be a traditional Indian girl, but she is only interested in football, and the hero's name is David Beckham. Now passion collides with family demands. The final of an important football tournament is playing when her sister marries ...
Jess is a second-generation immigrant in England, and would much rather dress in a football kit than a sari. The mother and father despair of their daughter's boyish, Western interests. They think football prevents Jess from finding a handsome man and becoming good in the kitchen.
Jess defies her parents and spends her free time in the park playing hoops. There she is discovered by Jules, a girl her age who plays on the local women's team. Jess and Jules become good friends, and their interaction is a dangerous weapon of attack. Jess has not yet told her parents that she has joined the team. When they get the hang of it, the football adventure may be over.
Jess also falls out with Jules because both are weak for the trainer. It gets even worse when Jess's sister is getting married on the same day as the final of an important football tournament. It may decide whether Jules and Jess get to experience professional play in the United States.
The wedding day arrives, and kick-off is taken in the final without Jess on the pitch. The first half is coming to an end. Then Jess gets help from an unexpected quarter...
With:Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Keira Knightley, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis, Ameet Chana, Poojah Shah, Shaheen Khan, Juliet Stevenson, Preeya Kalidas, Trey Farley, Saraj Chaudry, Imran Ali, Parminder Nagra, Frank Harper, Paven Virk