Sugar (2008)

Directed by

Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden

Genre

drama film, sport film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

R

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 77 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Dominican baseball pitcher named Sugar leaves his poor hometown to play in the minor leagues in the United States. When his performance on the field struggles, he starts to reconsider if this is really the life he wants.

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What happens

Sugar is a 2008 sports drama film written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. It follows the story of Miguel Santos, also known as Sugar (Algenis Perez Soto), a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro de Macorís, struggling to make it to the big leagues and pull himself and his family out of poverty. Playing professionally at a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic, Miguel finally gets his break at age 19 when he advances to the United States' minor league system; but when his play on the mound falters, he begins to question the single-mindedness of his life's ambition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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