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In the Name of the Father
Why this pick
Shares The Boxer’s morally bruising Irish political context and Sheridan’s intimate focus on a man trying to retain dignity while institutions and loyalties close in.
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MOVIE1997 1h 54m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Drama
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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Why this pick
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'71
Why this pick
Its Belfast setting turns sectarian division into immediate, street-level tension, while maintaining the raw urgency and compassionate refusal of easy sides found in The Boxer.
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Hunger
Why this pick
For the stark prison aftermath and political weight of The Boxer, this is an austere, physically intense study of endurance, identity, and conflict’s devastating personal cost.
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A Prayer for the Dying
Why this pick
Another tense drama about an IRA man who wants out, balancing guilt, pursuit, and the possibility of a life beyond violence with similarly somber conviction.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Former Irish pugilist and Provisional IRA member Danny Flynn returns home to Belfast from a 14-year stint in prison at the age of 32. Weary of the unbroken cycle of violence in Northern Ireland, he attempts to settle down and live in peace. After meeting his drink-sodden old trainer Ike, Danny starts up a non-sectarian boxing club for boys in an old gymnasium. While fixing up the old building, however, he runs across a cache of Semtex hidden underneath the stage. He throws the cache into the river.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Brian Cox
Joe Hamill
Niall Shanahan
Groom
John Wall
Priest
Maria McDermottroe
Betty
Eleanor Methven
Patsy
David Hayman
Joe Hamill's Aide
Ken Stott
Ike Weir
Kenneth Cranham
Matt MaGuire