The Boxer (1997)

Synopsis: Daniel Day-Lewis stars in this searing portrait of 1990s Belfast ripped apart by 20 years of religious conflict and IRA violence. Danny Flynn (Day-Lewis), a repentant IRA operative seasoned by a... Daniel Day-Lewis stars in this searing portrait of 1990s Belfast ripped apart by 20 years of religious conflict and IRA violence. Danny Flynn (Day-Lewis), a repentant IRA operative seasoned by a 14-year prison term, returns to the neighborhood of his childhood to try to rebuild his life. A prizefighter in his youth, he teams up with his old trainer (Ken Stott) to reopen a nonsectarian boxing gym in a bombed-out community center. Meanwhile, Danny finds himself undeniably drawn to his old girlfriend Maggie (Emily Watson), who is now married to his former best friend, an imprisoned IRA member. Maggie's father, Joe Hamil (Brian Cox), the head of the local IRA chapter, is attempting to negotiate an IRA cease-fire, causing extreme tension between IRA factions with opposing views. Danny and Maggie's rekindled love, which defies the IRA rule promising death for anyone having an affair with an imprisoned operative's wife, thrusts Danny straight into the center of the erupting tensions. Irish director Jim Sheridan and British actor Daniel Day-Lewis (who worked together on IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER and MY LEFT FOOT) once again team up with wondrous results, creating a vivid and captivating portrait of an Ireland intimately torn by ancient religious strife. [More]

Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott

Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley, Eleanor Methven, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Kenneth Cranham, David McBlain, Damien Denny, Clayton Stewart, John Wall, Lorraine Pilkington, Kate Perry, Andrea Irvine, Carol Scanlon, Joan McGarry, Catherine Dunne, Sharon Dunne, Derbhla McClelland, Theresa McComb, Sean Kearns, Frank Coughlan, Niall Shanahan, Gavin Kennedy, Larry Byrne, Mark Mulholland, Don Foley, John Cowley, Paul Ronan, Nye Heron, Martin Lynch, Sean Donaghy, Brian Milligan, Paul Sheridan, John Sheridan, Pat Mulyran, Peter O'Donoghue, Martin Dunne, Tommy O'Neill, Peter Sheridan, Britta Smith, Joan Sheehy, Joseph Rea, Ian McElhinney, Oliver Maguire, Jack Waters, Tim McDonnell

Director: Jim Sheridan

Director: Jim Sheridan
Producer: Jim Sheridan, Arthur Lappin
Screenwriter: Jim Sheridan, Terry George
Composer: Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer

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