ERA UN NIÑO POBRE PERO TENÍA UN DON IMPOSIBLE !

In a poor and backward football field in Africa, teenage prodigy Bandian uses football to change his destiny, but during the tryout to join the team he misses the most important penalty of his life.  Is that all the talent you have?  To demonstrate his level, Bandian does something impressive, he takes off his shoes and stands barefoot on the penalty spot.

  Then he hits the ball with such force that he sends it straight into the net, beating the goalkeeper.  In the internal match that follows, he seems like a football spirit making a fool of the adults.  At that moment, no one imagined that the boy who was used to playing without shoes would end up becoming a football legend recognized throughout the world.

If you still can’t guess the real prototype behind Bandian, the answer lies in his difficult childhood. Bandian grows up in the poorest neighborhoods of Cameroon.  He and his friends love football, [music] but because they are too poor, they can only knit a cloth ball out of wool.

  Playing for a while each day on the dusty ground is the greatest happiness for those children.  [music] One day they happen to see a real picture of a ball in a [music] book. Since then, Bandián has vowed not only to play with a real ball, but also to become an excellent footballer.  That’s why he goes to the village shaman to ask for a good luck charm.  You’re going to be lucky.

You will achieve great things and become a legend of African football.  This is how the seed of the dream is sown, and the first step to making it a reality is finding a way to buy a ball. Bandian asks his brother to help him carry a cart full of wood from the village to the big town. Under a strong sun, he travels more than 10 km to sell the wood to the sawmill owner.

  But they barely get four coins for the whole cart .  The two go to the market and discover that they can’t even afford a plastic ball, and a leather ball costs up to 80,000 Guianese francs.  They don’t understand what that amount means, so they ask their math teacher.  The teacher explains to them that they would have to sell 70 kg of wood every day for 52 consecutive days to raise the money to buy the ball.

  It sounds almost impossible, but Bandian doesn’t give up.  Bandian does not fear sacrifice.  He carries heavy bundles of wood every day along the path to his dream.  Every step he takes is like opening a path to good luck until one day, finally, luck looks him straight in the eye .  An all-terrain vehicle approaches, and inside is a beautiful young woman.

She gives Bandian a real ball.  It turns out that some time before, due to the severity of his mother’s illness, Bandian had gone to the town clinic seeking help.  [music] There he met that kind and good- hearted doctor.  In the conversation, the doctor discovers that Bandian worked selling wood every day just to buy a real ball, but that he had spent his meager savings on his mother’s treatment.

  The doctor is moved by her strength and her love for her family, [music] so she gives her a leather ball. Bandian receives the ball and is filled with joy.  He and his brother paint it yellow, excitedly show it off to the town, and then go off to play with their friends in an empty lot.  At that [music] moment, his father, who is forging iron nearby, sees them and scolds Bandian harshly for playing.

For him, those games don’t help improve his life.  But an accident happens.  The ball that Bandian kicks hits his father in the face and worse still, the red-hot iron falls from his hand and lands on [music] a pile of hay next to him.  While the neighbors blame Bandian, a fire breaks out.

  Luckily, everyone manages to turn it off in time.  Had it lasted a little longer, [music] Bandian would almost have plunged that poor village back into even harder times.  Realizing the enormous problem he had caused, Bandian grabs the ball and runs away.  The village chief begins searching for him with several people.

  His brother, hiding nearby, understands that the situation is bad and runs to warn him.  He urgently tells him not to return home under any circumstances, because if the village chief catches him, he will be severely punished.  Following the advice, Bandian begins his life on the run.  He decides to go to a distant city to pursue his dream of becoming a professional player.

  He manages to get on a truck, but since he doesn’t have a single coin, Bandián is forced to take a risk by working as the driver’s assistant.  [music] And then the worst happens.  The old truck breaks down in the middle of the road.  To make matters worse, the driver has no tools.  He tells Bandian to wait there while he goes to get what he needs.

  But night falls and the driver does not return.  On the African plain, only Bandian and the old truck remain.  He hugs his ball as if it were a treasure.  He lies down under the truck with his heart full of fear.  As the darkness deepens, terrifying sounds are heard, such as human voices, but also animal roars. [music] Nervous, he gets into the cabin, but sees something that scares him even more.

  A claw dangling in front of him.  Suddenly a small light appears behind the truck.  Bandian throws himself to the ground to hide.  As the light approaches, he discovers that it is just a person on a bicycle.  Luckily, it was a false alarm.  The next morning, he hears the engine of another truck.

  Vanian jumps across the road and stops him in the middle of the road.  That’s how he manages to get a ride to the village.  [music] In the village he crosses paths with a strange man.  Seeing Bandian hugging his ball, the man grabs him and quickly takes him away.  It turns out that man is a football referee.  Since the match ball broke, he wanted to borrow Bandian’s.

  And thanks to that coincidence, Bandian enters the game.  That match is the one that brings him closer to his dream.  Bandian is not intimidated by adults.  His talent is so great that he seems like a spirit running across the field.  The only way to stop him is by fouling him .  Facing a wall of five men, Bandian looks once and scores a beautiful free kick .

  The roar of the crowd echoes in the sky and catches the attention of a white man who is filming.  With the camera in hand, the man records how Bandian dodges a rival, accelerates with the ball, feints to pass one, then feints again to pass another and yet another .  He passes it to a teammate and runs to the area to receive the return pass.

  Then he hits a perfect volley, breaks the net and gives his team the victory.  While the team is celebrating, the truck driver appears. Bandian grabs his ball and runs off.  At that moment he still doesn’t know that the white man with the camera will be the benefactor who will change his life.

  While fleeing, Bandian sees a family SUV, opens the door and gets in.  It’s the doctor’s car.  Thanks to that, Bandian gets rid of the driver, but the doctor wants to take him back to the village because she believes it is too dangerous for a child to be alone.  Bandian doesn’t want to return.  She says she wants to go to the coastal city because her sister works there.

  The doctor also has matters to attend to in the city, so she takes him with her.  She firmly tells him that he must return to the village with her in three days.  Although Bandian accepts verbally, inwardly he is determined. He wants to stay in the city and find an opportunity to join a team. Bandian tries to keep his sister. But she doesn’t see it that way.

  She’s renting with a friend and doesn’t want to cause any problems for anyone.  That’s why he buys her a bus ticket so she can return to the village.  However, on the bus, Bandian meets a boss.  The man asks her if she wants a job.  Bandiano follows a strange place and spends the night there.

  The next morning he is woken up by a child.  Bandian hides the ball behind the bed and follows the boy to the beach.  In a smelly environment, they have to collect damaged cow horns until they fill a large sack. Then they take them to be polished and sold.  The chief treats Bandian with contempt and even mocks him for insisting on washing his hands before eating.

  Also, if Bandian arrives late for lunch, he doesn’t eat.  Since it’s new, I didn’t imagine that even getting a plate would be so difficult.  He goes hungry and yet he keeps working.  Luckily, an uncle named Baba saves him a portion of lunch.  Although he works hard, Bandian doesn’t forget his dream. Whenever he has a free moment he practices soccer on the beach, but his classmates make fun of him, bother him and even take the ball away from him.

  Bandian tries to get him back, but they kick him towards a private villa.  That’s my ball.  Get out of here, boys.  The owner of the villa gets angry and confiscates Bandian’s ball.  Bandian is left devastated. Seeing him like this, Baba decides to give him a surprise.  He takes him to an iron tower where many people are gathered.  Baba suggests he go upstairs, but Bandian is afraid.

  However, Baba’s attitude encourages him.  A professional match is being played there with thousands of fans.  The rich buy tickets and enter the stadium.  The poor have to risk climbing the tower to find a place to look out.  For Bandian, seeing a live game for the first time is incredible.  But what excites him most is that the ball from the game shoots out towards the stands.

Bandian jumps without thinking.  Baba gets scared, but Bandian doesn’t get hurt.   He grabs the ball and starts showing off his skills as if he were on a stage.  Everyone is looking at him, including the white man with the camera who had already recorded him before.  Van Dian ignores when asked to return the ball.

   He is completely immersed in his own world until some police officers climb onto the roof. Then Bandian finally kicks the ball back onto the field, [music] but because of everything that happened, everyone in the tower is arrested and taken to jail.  Bandian demands to leave, but it ‘s not easy.

  Bandiang doesn’t know how to continue pursuing his dream.  However, the anguish of that small place fades away [music] when the white man arrives at the jail, pretending to be Bandian’s chief .  I’m warning you that I’ll deduct this bail from your salary, and I can bail out your brother too.  I am his [music] brother.  Sit down.  I am his brother.

  The two improvise a performance and in this way manage to get Bandian and Baba released.  It turns out the white man is a scout with a good eye.  He saw Bandian’s incredible talent and decided to introduce him to a professional club.  The scout tells Bandian that he’s staying for a while.

  When you contact the club, they will take you for a trial.  Meanwhile, with the help of some companions, Bandian manages to enter the seaside villa and retrieve his ball.  Elsewhere , the day arrives when Bandian was supposed to return to the village, but the doctor cannot find him.  He is going to look for Bandian’s sister.

  After investigating, they both arrive at the scout’s house.  But no matter how much the doctor insists, Mandiang doesn’t want to go back.  He just wants to stay in the city, train, and fight to become a footballer.  The doctor remains firm in taking him away until Bandian’s sister speaks up.  Opportunities like this are rare in Africa.

  Let him stay.  But he’s very young, he needs to be with his family.  [music] Don’t forget it.  I am his sister.  In the end, the doctor leaves alone.  Before parting ways, Bandiana thanks him for his care and help and asks him to tell his parents that he is safe when he returns to the village.

  The news that Bandian caught the scout’s attention spreads quickly through the town, becoming everyone’s hope.  Meanwhile, Bandian puts on the soccer cleats the scout gave him and starts training with the youth team of Cameroon’s best club .  He has to pass two tests: ball control and free throws. Mandian displays incredible mastery of the controls .

  It seems as if his feet and the ball were connected by an invisible thread.  If it weren’t for the time limit, I could go on forever. Next comes the penalty shootout.  He only needs to score two out of three, but the goalkeeper saves his first shot and the atmosphere becomes tense.  Bandian is back in position.  The coach reminds him to calm down.

  Bandian thinks for a moment, takes off his shoes and to everyone’s surprise, he slams the ball into the net.  It turns out that Bandian is used to playing barefoot; he feels uncomfortable with shoes. With that familiar feeling of returning, he also makes the third shot with precision. The scout and his sister are happy.  The coach smiles contentedly, but veteran player Tola is not at all happy.

  After joining the youth team, Bandian doesn’t relax.  To get closer to his dream of becoming a professional, he stays and trains extra.  However, that effort arouses Tola’s envy.  Tola understands that the newcomer could take away his key position.   That’s why , during internal training sessions, Tola deliberately sabotages him.

  Even when Bandián is alone, Tola doesn’t pass him the ball.  Do you think I don’t notice?  I don’t want factions in the team here.  All 30 fractions.  The coach’s scolding doesn’t change Tola.  In the following training sessions, [music] continues to make Bandian’s life difficult, and Bandian is left confused.

  Baba tells her, “He does that because he’s afraid of you.” Fear.  You should have told him that I’m the striker for this team.  If you keep looking for trouble with my little brother, you’re going to get into trouble.  Baba’s warning does not impress Tola.  In another training session, Tola again refuses to pass the ball to Bandian.

  And in the tactical class, when Bandian correctly answers a question from the coach, Tola’s envy increases. Then he challenges him to a technical competition. They climb into the stands and, with their teammates cheering them on, they compete for the team leadership.  Whoever can control the ball the longest will be the new leader.

They both have skill.  [music] They control the ball for a long time with their feet and head .  They are evenly matched until they use the technique of stopping the ball behind their back.  Tola makes the first and last mistake.  Bandian wins the duel, but instead of earning respect, he receives a stern warning from the coach.

  If you don’t cooperate with the team, you won’t get far.  [music] The coach wants to curb what he sees as pride in Bandian, so he sends him to the bench for a year.  Bandian tries to explain, but they don’t give him a chance.  Seeing Bandian’s face, Baba encourages him, saying, “Today is cruel, tomorrow is crueler, but the day after tomorrow will be beautiful.

”  Most give up before tomorrow night arrives.  Only those who endure until the end will see the light of tomorrow.  Then, Baba shows him some brand-name soccer cleats that he saved up a lot to buy for Bandian.  But Bandian does not accept them.  It doesn’t work.  The coach isn’t going to let me stay on the team.

  If you keep complaining about your luck, you’ll never succeed.  Bandiano listens, he even thinks about returning to the poor neighborhoods.  Baba doesn’t want a natural talent to go to waste, so she insists, what you’re doing now is worth the effort of the doctor and the scout, and there’s the coach too. Even though he punished you, it’s clear he values ​​your talent.

  If I had your talent, I’d be the happiest dwarf in the world.  To cheer him up, Baba takes him to watch a Cameroon national team game on TV .  The images and the fighting spirit of the team rekindle the fire in Bandian.  He believes that one day he too will appear in a field like that.  Upon learning of the situation, the scout secretly prepares a plan.

  Before the youth match, the scout arranges with a player from the opposing team to create pressure. Then he goes to the stands and spreads the word among the fans that there was a genius named Bandian sitting on the bench because of the coach.  He wants the pressure from the public to force the coach to put him in the game.

  At the same time, the village children gather waiting for news of Bandian, but the coach keeps him seated, not even allowing him to wear the uniform.  He believes that with Tola as leader they will surely win.  The game begins.  Tola creates opportunities, but fails to score.  As time goes on, the rivals gain more and more control over it.

  Every time he touches the ball, the number four from the other team stops him immediately.  He receives so many fouls that he can no longer continue. Bandian approaches the coach asking for a chance.  After hesitating a bit, the coach finally puts him in.  Thus, the talented young man plays his first official match.  As soon as he enters he adapts quickly.

Although it is smaller than others, it is fast and agile.  The ball seems glued to his feet.  Nobody can take it away from him.  In the end, thanks to a goal by Bandián, the team wins.  The stadium erupts in shouts, and the town celebrates too.  And the narrator even calls Bandian the new god of football from Cameroon.

  Back in the locker room, the coach personally hands him the number 10 jersey, the symbol of the team captain, but with his talent, Bandian was destined for something bigger.  A year later, the scout receives a letter from France, a youth training contract from the Sainettien club.  The coach doesn’t want to let him go.  He says that in Africa the boy can play, but if he goes to Europe he will have the opportunity to face better players.

  The scout replies that he has already found an excellent club and that they have agreed to train him for free for 5 years.  The coach says he will only let him go if Bandian’s father agrees.  With no other option, the scout takes him back to the village.  The children gather around.  They admire that Bandián arrives in an elegant car, they admire that he plays on a team, and above all that he has the opportunity to go to Europe.

They run to the shaman’s house to pray that Bandian’s father will agree.  Since the Western Fire, Bandian had not returned home nor had he heard anything from his father.  Although the sister tells the father that the European contract is worth 200 million francs, enough to buy many cows, the father remains silent.

  Bandian approaches and places his hand on his father’s hand.  They don’t say anything, but they both understand deep down. So Vanandian takes the plane ticket, packs his dream, and goes to France alone.  Upon leaving the airport, he gets into a taxi.  Jeffre Guichard Stadium. I want to go to Sanetien.  Yes, sir, to Sanien, please.

  Bandian advances step by step, getting closer and closer to the shore of his dream.  Years later, Bandian becomes a professional footballer, achieves great triumphs on the field and brings pride to his land and his country. His childhood dream finally comes true.  The movie ends here. [music] The character Bandian is inspired by the Cameroonian legend Rogermila.

  The film not only shows the difficulties Bandian experienced, but also celebrates his admirable spirit. Poverty did not limit his imagination. Although he couldn’t afford a ball, he managed to make one with his own hands.  [music] Poverty couldn’t extinguish their dreams either.  However hard life was, he maintained his love and passion for football, and poverty could not stop his progress either.

  Although the dream seemed distant, Bandian bravely continued walking without stopping.  Perhaps many would not believe that a boy from the poor neighborhoods, who only started formal training at age 11, could become a star.  But Bandian proved it with facts.  His success wasn’t just due to natural talent, it was also due to his never- give-up mentality.

  When he sets his mind to something, neither the weight of wood can knock him down, nor can the harsh environment break him, nor can envy make him back down.  Destiny does not fail those I dream of with all my heart. The harder you work, the more luck you have.  Along the way, Bandian encounters good people, the generous doctor, the scout who knew how to see him, and his brother friend Baba.

  If Bandian had stayed in the poor bars, he would never have met them and however great his potential was, he would have lived an ordinary life, working nonstop, ending up exhausted and trapped in poverty.  In reality, true poverty is not just a lack of material things, but an inner emptiness and an absence of dreams.

  We cannot choose where we are born, but we can choose where we aim our lives.  If we carry a dream in our hearts and dedicate ourselves to it, we can change our destiny and build a better life. Today’s story ends here.  Thanks for watching.  What did you think of this movie?   I’ll read your comments.  Yeah.