Punch

Punch (2003)

Who needs anger management?

Ariel is a troubled girl with more than the usual teenage problems. When her emotion and temper get the best of her, she is drawn into a world where she can take out her anger with her fists. In the tradition of 'Girlfight' comes a wildly original story of rage and redemption.

Date of release
2003-02-07
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, Action, Thriller
Director
Guy Bennett

Casting

Interesting facts

Punch is a Canadian dark comedy film, directed by Guy Bennett and released in 2002.

Production

The role of Ariel was suggested to Guy Bennett by a producer, who pointed out that casting his own daughter would provide useful publicity for the project. Sonja Bennett auditioned and was cast, a process she has since characterized as straightforward nepotism, though the filmmakers first wanted assurance that she could carry the role.

Guy Bennett excused himself from the set when they shot the more revealing scene in which his daughter Sonja Bennett is sitting naked on a bed with her legs apart in an attempt to seduce her tutor, and watched from a monitor in another room. But the idea of putting his daughter in this vulnerable position never gave him pause for a moment. "Everything is subservient to the drama," he explained.

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