Poor Boy's Game (2007)
- Directed by
- Clement Virgo
- Genre
- drama film, boxing film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 25 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A former boxer returns to his tough Halifax neighborhood where racial and class tensions run deep. He must confront old wounds and fight for redemption inside and outside the ring.
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What happens
Poor Boy's Game is a 2007 Canadian drama film directed by Clement Virgo. Co-written with Nova Scotian writer/director Chaz Thorne (Just Buried), it is the story of class struggle, racial tensions, and boxing, set in the Canadian east coast port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The film premiered on February 11, 2007, at the Berlin International Film Festival. The movie stars Danny Glover, Rossif Sutherland, Greg Bryk, Flex Alexander and Laura Regan. Poor Boy's Game opened in Halifax cinemas on November 9, 2007. In 2023, Telefilm Canada announced that the film was one of 23 titles that will be digitally restored under its new Canadian Cinema Reignited program to preserve classic Canadian films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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