A once-promising Irish boxer returns to Belfast after serving fourteen years in prison for his IRA activities, and is discouraged to find the city filled with violence and hate. Determined to rise above the despair of his hometown, he returns to the ring and begins a successful comeback, while rekindling his relationship with his former girlfriend.
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- The Boxer
- 15
- Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley, Eleanor Methven, Ciaran Fitzgerald, David McBlain, Damien Denny, Clayon Stewart
- Director
- Jim Sheridan, Nye Heron, Mark Duley
- Producer
- Jim Sheridan, Arthur Lappin, Nye Heron
- Writer
- Jim Sheridan, Terry George
- Duration
- 01:47:00
- Official Site
- http://www.uip.co.uk/
- Release
- Friday February 20 1998
- Genre
- Drama
- Distributor
- U.I.P.
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