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FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY
2018 | DRAMA HISTORY SPORT
SYNOPSIS
15-year-old Frances must fight for the right to fight back. Raised in roadside camps in rural Ireland, Frances wants to champion her people inside the boxing ring and out, like her idol Muhammad Ali. But society is determined to break her spirit and destroy her way of life. And her father, once her greatest ally, is too defeated himself to imagine anything better for his daughter. But Frances was not born to be broken. In the mother of all fights, she must dig deep to find in herself the Champion her father once knew her to be.
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
2018 Winner | FIPRESCI Prize
Discovery
Irish Film and Television Award
2020 Nominee
Best Film
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2019 Nominee
Best Irish Film
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