BECHAM
Type: biographical
Direction: Fisher Stevens. With David Beckham, Victoria Beckham, Eric Cantona, Gary Neville, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Geri Horner, Melanie C, Anna Wintour, Alex Ferguson. On Netflix
He was global football’s first pop starthe link between the old English football and the modern and millionaire Premier League and, therefore, between the romantic longing of the most popular sport in the world and its growing industrial dimension.
A four-episode docu-series is dedicated to David Beckham, English football star signed by Fisher Stevens (Oscar winner for documentary The Cove In 2010).
Formidable footballer and glamor icon, David Beckham lays himself bare and appears in its most intimate version, that of a celebrity dealing with human frailties and obsessions, such as that for order.
The future champion in a still from the “Beckham” series
In Beckham’s story the dark side of success emergesbeing forced to “endure” the limelight and the protests that can end up consuming you, like when he was targeted after his expulsion in Argentina-England in the 1998 World Cup which cost his national team the qualification.
From his debut on provincial pitches to Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United epic (the comeback in the 1999 Champions League final was born from two of his corner kicks), up to his experience in the USA, a career that intersected with the ’90s British renaissance in fashion and music is retraced: the love story and marriage with Spice Girl Victoria is an iconic trait of those years.
For those who love the parables of sporting champions and the “behind the scenes” of success.
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