Jess has started to move away from traditional ways

(her name is westernised from Jesminder)

She joins Jules' team

lying to the coach, Joe, that she has told her parents

The themes are amongst others

gender and the British Asian experience

She becomes best friends with Jules and

they go to Hamburg to play a game

Jules' mother is also worried that

her obsession with football is making her less feminine.

She tries to be a ‘good’ girl for her mother and father, but she is also

passionate about playing football

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1
Jess has started to move away from traditional ways
and she stops eating their food
and she drops out of school
(her name is westernised from Jesminder)
and she stops speaking their language
2
Jess) is a
sikh teenager
Hindu teenager
sick teenager
Sikh teenager
3
Jess and Jules
have a falling out over Joe
have a falling out over Jess' sister
fall in love with one another
never disagree on anything
4
She joins Jules' team
lying to the coach, Joe, that she has told her parents
and became the goal keeper
but she told her parents the truth
and told the coach her parents knew it
5
A crucial cup match is planned on the same day of
Jess' wedding
Jules' wedding
Jess’ brother's weddings.
Jess' sister's wedding
6
The themes are amongst others
money and taxes
gender and the British Asian experience
boys and girls of the USA
sex and rock'n roll
7
Her parents
are stinking rich
know it all
disapprove of her hobby
love her passion for football
8
Her family think that football will have
her neighbours hate her
a corrupting influence on her
a positive influence on her
the country hate her
9
Jess becomes aware of her femininity
when she gets to know Peter
when she gets to know Joe
when she gets to know Jan
when she gets to know John
10
It is also a film about
money
football rules
racism
school systems
11
Her parents found out and
her parents hit her in the face
her parents were very happy
she is banned from playing
she had to go to Pakistan
12
She becomes best friends with Jules and
to go out to eat hamburgers
they go to London to play the piano
to go to Oslo to play a game
they go to Hamburg to play a game
13
Jules' mother is also worried that
Jules will get pregnant
her obsession with football is making her less feminine.
Jules will hate football later
Jules will leave the country
14
She tries to be a ‘good’ girl for her mother and father, but she is also
passionate about boys only
passionate about playing football
unhappy about her hair
sick of playing football
15
Jess is called a Paki by
a neighbour
a boy from school
a teacher
an opposing player
16
Jules complements Jess in a number of ways - both want to play footbal and
they both love math
their names are similar
they look the same
their families work together
17
The film is about bringing together the traditional and the modern in
modern British-Asian life
modern Catholic homes
Norway
modern American life
18
Jess is the central character and we follow the story
through her experiences
from her mother's point of view
of her life only
tough her experiences

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