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The Boxer (1997)

113 min · Drama, Sport, boxing film, drama film, romance film

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Directors

Jim Sheridan

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Daragh Donnelly, Brian Cox, Kirsten Sheridan

The story

Irish boxer and former Provisional IRA member Danny Flynn returns home to Belfast after a 14-year stint in prison at the age of 32. Disillusioned by the unbroken cycle of violence in Northern Ireland, he attempts to settle down and live a normal life. After meeting his alcoholic old trainer Ike, Danny starts a non-sectarian boxing club for boys in an old gymnasium.

Catalogue themes and tags

1990s, Boxing, Boxing Ring, Boxing School, Boxing match, Coach, Conciliation, Entlassung, Ermordung, IRA, Irland, Katholizismus, Political Negotiations, Politics, Protestant Church, Terrorismus, Training, Trennung, Sports, Drama, Romantic drama, Romance Film, Political drama

Genres

Drama, Sport, boxing film, drama film, romance film
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