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Title The Boxer
"Why can't the two parties put on gloves and fight it out like gentleman?" Seems like a fitting solution for something simply referred to as "The Troubles." In this film, teaching both Catholic and Protestant youths of a Belfast neighborhood to box together is more than a visual metaphor. Here boxing gets both sides close enough to show each other that they are real people and not just billboards for a cause.			Click picture for more info
Year 1997	Type Drama	Rating R
Director Jim Sheridan		Writer Jim Sheridan, Terry George
Cast Daniel Day-Lewis, David McBlain, Emily Watson