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Float Like a Butterfly (2018)

Float Like a Butterfly poster
Directed by
Carmel Winters
Genre
drama film
Country
Ireland
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
14A
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Irish Traveller girl named Frances dreams of becoming a boxer like her hero Muhammad Ali. She trains and fights to prove herself in a world that often limits her.

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What happens

Float Like a Butterfly is a 2018 Irish drama film directed by Carmel Winters. The film stars Hazel Doupe as Frances, a young Irish Traveller girl who idolizes Muhammad Ali and aspires to become a boxer. The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Discovery Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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