![]() Tony, an Indian boy, is Jess' best friend. She is going to marry, which influences the family life of the Bhamras very much. She's very girly and can't understand why Jess doesn't behave girly, too. She wants her daughters to be good Indian girls who can cook proper Indian meals and marry Indian men. Bhamra, Jess' mother is very conservative and tradition is a very big issue for her. Actually he is proud of his younger daughter's talent and understands her, even he doesn’t admit that at first. ![]() Bhamra, Jess' father is strict but he also wants his daughters to be happy. She even uses a large poster of him as her confidant. ![]() As the title already reveals, David Beckham is an important role model for her. Her passion is playing football and for this reason she comes into conflict with her family. Jess is the protagonist, who lives with her parents and her older sister in a suburb near London. If we take a closer look at the film we can recognize that it deals with the contrast of the Indian lifestyle, which is quite patriarchic and the Western life style, which is more tolerant and emancipated.Īt first I will introduce the characters to get an overview about Jess and her environment. This is the main topic of the movie 'Bend it like Beckham' which was produced by Gurinder Chadha in 2002. Jess' parents are from India and the Indian traditions are very different to the English ones. But her parents don't want her daughter to play football because she's a girl. Almost every day she’s in the park with her (male) friends to do this until she gets the chance to play in a women’s football team. Jesminder 'Jess' Bhamra, who is played by Parminder Nagra, loves to play football.
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