Kid Kulafu (2015)

Directed by

Paul Soriano

Genre

biographical film, boxing film

Country

Philippines

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The movie tells the story of Manny Pacquiao's childhood in the Philippines. It shows his difficult life in poverty and how he began his path to becoming a boxer.

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What happens

Kid Kulafu is a 2015 Filipino biographical sports drama film produced and released by Star Cinema together with Ten17P owned by the film's director Paul Soriano. The film dramatizes the life of the boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao during his childhood. It stars Buboy Villar, Alessandra De Rossi and Cesar Montano. Kid Kulafu was the second biopic of Pacquiao 9 years after Pacquiao: The Movie, which had focused on his early career as a boxer and stardom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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