Reda Saleem (Dubai)
The series of Brazilian star Neymar, the French player of Paris Saint-Germain, became the talk of the world, following the first episode of his documentary film was shown via “Live Broadcast”, in which a number of world stars participated, including Messi, Mbappe, Suarez and others.
About 545,000 people in Brazil watched the premiere of the movie produced by the American company, Netflix, regarding Neymar Jr., the largest audience ever, attending a live event.
The first part of the film, regarding the life of the Paris Saint-Germain player and the Brazil national team, was shown on the channel belonging to the famous Brazilian director Casemiro Miguel.
The 29-year-old spoke on the broadcast with the publisher who was given permission by Netflix to show the first episode, apparently working exclusively on a strategy to promote the film in Brazil.
In his short speech, Neymar said that he was excited to watch the documentary regarding his life, and not only was the strategy successful, but the large audience who gathered to watch the live broadcast on the Internet with 545,000 Internet users at one time showed the high expectations that the series generated regarding the player.
The three-episode documentary, directed by American David Charles Rodriguez, revolves around the scenes of the famous player’s life, and presents him as a marketing machine.
Among the characters who give testimonies regarding Neymar in the series, the Argentine Lionel Messi, his former colleague in Barcelona, and now in Paris Saint-Germain, and the former Englishman, David Beckham, and Kylian Mbappe, his current colleague in Saint-Germain, and former colleagues of him, whether in clubs or the national team, cooperated in production. Brazil like Thiago Silva and Dani Alves.
Neymar said in the film: I wanted to go back to Barcelona, because I knew I would be happy there, and when I entered the Camp Nou for the first time, I saw the other players. I only knew them, from video games, I was touched and I still remember the match once morest Bilbao to this day, I sat crying in the changing room bathroom.
Messi testified, saying: I don’t know why Neymar left Barcelona, he didn’t tell me, while Luis Suarez said: I don’t think my opinion was useful, but I told him my opinion to a friend, and I told him that I don’t agree with your opinion and with the decision I made.
Neymar’s father said: “My son never wanted to be better than Messi. It wasn’t regarding getting out of his shadow. In fact, Neymar loves Messi.”
