Pele Film Trailer and Release Date

The film will tell Brazilian soccer Pele's life story, will be titled "Pelé: Birth of a Legend." Finally has an official release date: it opens in theaters on May 6th and on VOD on May 13th via distributor IFC Films.

Jeff and Michael Zimbalist are co-writers and co-directors of the film which, according to Imagine Entertainment, is more of a coming-of-age story that traces Pelé's childhood until he won his first World Cup in Sweden at the age of 17. Leonardo Lima Carvalho plays Pelé at age 10 years old, and Kevin de Paula, plays Pelé from ages 13 to 17, when he won his first World Cup, in 1958.

via blogs.indiewire.com