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

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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