Poor Boy's Game

Poor Boy's Game (2007)

Donnie Rose went to prison for beating a young man so brutally it left him handicapped for life. Nine years later, Donnie is out. He's a different man with only one place to go: back home to the same violent and racist neighborhood that created him. At the other end of town, the black community still wants revenge. The instrument of justice will be Ossie Paris, a devastatingly talented boxer who challenges Donnie to a match; a match Donnie's family and peers won't let him refuse. George Carvery has waited nine years to avenge his son's fate at the hands of Donnie. When finally they meet face to face, however, both realize they share a similar desire to overcome the past.

Data di uscita
2007-02-11
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (26)
Durata
1 h 44 min
Generi
Dramma
Regista
Clement Virgo

Cast

Curiosità

Poor Boy's Game is a 2007 Canadian drama film directed by Clement Virgo. Co-written with Nova Scotian writer/director Chaz Thorne, it is the story of class struggle, racial tensions, and boxing, set in the Canadian east coast port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The film premiered on February 11, 2007, at the Berlin International Film Festival. The movie stars Danny Glover, Rossif Sutherland, Greg Bryk, Flex Alexander and Laura Regan.

Development

Inspired to write a play about race in Halifax, due to his cousin being violently murdered by his cousin's girlfriends, ex-boyfriend who is Black. Thorne recalled, "It got me thinking about race- and race in Halifax." "That was the original inspiration for (the story)." Years later in 1999, Thorne writes a play called Poor Boys Game, which centers around race, revenge, and forgiveness.

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