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The Boxer (1997)

The Boxer (1997)

Drama Romance

Love is always worth fighting for.

Release Date: 1997, December 31
Directors: Jim Sheridan
Countries: United Kingdom, Ireland, United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures, Hell's Kitchen, Hell's Kitchen
Cast: Emily Watson, Ken Stott, Brian Cox, Liam Carney, Kenneth Cranham, Gerard McSorley, Jer O'Leary, Daniel Day-Lewis, David Hayman, Ian McElhinney, Frances Tomelty, Des Braiden

Overview:

Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.

Keywords:

sports love politics boxer prison ex-con boxing northern ireland ira (irish republican army) belfast, north ireland