Two Fists, One Heart (2008)

Directed by

Shawn Seet

Genre

boxing film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

M

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boxer in Perth gives up the sport after falling in love and questioning its violence. But when his father's student quits, he reconsiders and trains for a big fight.

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What happens

Two Fists, One Heart is a 2008 Australian drama film directed by Shawn Seet and written by Rai Fazio, and is based on Fazio's own life growing up. The film is set and was shot in Perth, Western Australia. The film follows Anthony Argo, an Italian Australian boxer whose Sicilian father/trainer wants Anthony to pursue boxing but he forsakes it when he meets Kate and perceives differently than his father the violence in the sport. She is a girl from the other side of the tracks. But Anthony reconsiders when his father's boxing student quits; Anthony begins to train much more than before in preparation for the biggest fight of his life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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