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The Boxer

“Love is always worth fighting for.”

Director
Jim Sheridan
Year
1997
Runtime
1h 54m
Rated
R
Release
1997
Language
en
Country
IE · US

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01 · Overview

What it’s about

The story

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.

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

  • Directed by

    Jim Sheridan

  • Written by

    Jim Sheridan & Terry George

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