The Boxer
Love is always worth fighting for.
DramaRomanceprisonsportspoliticsboxernorthern irelandloveira (irish republican army)ex-conbelfast, north irelandboxing
A character-driven drama about an ex-con boxer rebuilding his life and rekindling a lost love amid the political tensions of 1990s Belfast.
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.
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