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6.7Nineteen-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.
Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis as Danny Flynn
- Emily Watson as Maggie Hamill
- Brian Cox as Joe Hamill
- Ken Stott as Ike Weir
- Gerard McSorley as Harry
- David Hayman as Joe Hamill's Aide
Themes
- prison
- sports
- politics
- boxer
- northern ireland
- love
- ira (irish republican army)
- ex-con
- belfast, north ireland
- boxing
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The Boxer | Irish Film Database
irishfilmdb.com →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. 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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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 567096
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- publication date
- 1998-02-19
- title
- The Boxer
- described at URL
- irishfilmdb.com/movies/the-boxer
- review score
- 75/100
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