The Boxer

The Boxer

Love is always worth fighting for.

R 1997 · 114 min · ★ 6.7 · 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.

Directed by Jim Sheridan · Written by Jim Sheridan

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