... cooking and cleaning and taking general care of the children, but may supplement income by having a job inferior to her husband's. The father tends to educate the sons, the mother the daughters, and the parents have strong ambitions for their children to hold respected and high profile positions such as lawyers and doctors, as well as running a successful family. Amongst the children there will be at least one dissenter, and one strong conformist. This issue is explored in more detail later. Bend It Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha) was released in the summer of 2001, during the "football fever" that preceded the World Cup. It tells the story of an eighteen-year-old, second generation Indian girl, Jessminder, who has a passion for football, but a family that does not approve or understand. The film follows her, and those she encounters as she attempts to find a compromise between her family ...

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