Movie

The Boxer

R 1997 1 h 54 min
67%
Audience score326 votes on TMDB

“Love is always worth fighting for.”

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.

Director
Jim Sheridan
Screenplay
Jim Sheridan
Screenplay
Terry George
Status
Released
Release date
31/12/1997
Original language
English
Box office
US$ 17 M

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