The Boxer

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jim Sheridan

Written by

Jim Sheridan

Music

Gavin Friday

Studio

Universal Pictures

Released

31 December 1997

Genres

Drama, Romance