The Boxer

1997 114 min Drama, Romance

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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IMDb 7.0 RT 80 Metacritic 75

earnings $16,534,578

director Jim Sheridan

writers Jim Sheridan, Terry George

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