Boxing film that shows the sport from a different angle.
The film tells the story of aging Sheffield middleweight boxer Matty Burton (Paddy Considine) who is about to embark on one last bout.
He 'wins' the fight however later at home he collapses and is presumably hospitalised with serious head injury that requires surgery. Some time later Burton returns home to his wife Emma (Jodie Whitaker) and their infant daughter Mia.
Burton has to learn basic skills again and struggles with the most mundane tasks such as making a cup of tea. Frustration begins to take hold leading to violent outbursts that one day leads to near disaster involving Mia.
Realising her daughter is inadvertently at risk Emma leaves home with Mia. Matty only has his old gym/corner crew (Paul Popplewell and Tony Pitts) to aid his slow recovery and for the second half of the film the emotional angle if Matty's life is followed including the lows of a suicide attempt and reconciliation with the fighter from his last fight (Anthony Welsh).
The film is a low budget British (Yorkshire) art house film that features hardly any boxing at all aside from the pre-fight press conference of Burton's last fight.
It had some personal interest what with the local filming locations.
The emotional aspects of the tragedy of brain injury that occasionally happens in the sport is the story here.
Paddy Considine as well as playing the main role of Burton is the director and writer of the film.
Considine was behind the 2011 UK hit Tyrannosaur.
Tony Pitts occasionally appears in Sheffield based films although most UK viewers of the film may remember him as Archie on the UK television soap opera Emmerdale Farm (as it was then).
A film that won't be seen by many but may appear on late night TV broadcasts in future. However a film worthy of viewing if at all possible.
The film tells the story of aging Sheffield middleweight boxer Matty Burton (Paddy Considine) who is about to embark on one last bout.
He 'wins' the fight however later at home he collapses and is presumably hospitalised with serious head injury that requires surgery. Some time later Burton returns home to his wife Emma (Jodie Whitaker) and their infant daughter Mia.
Burton has to learn basic skills again and struggles with the most mundane tasks such as making a cup of tea. Frustration begins to take hold leading to violent outbursts that one day leads to near disaster involving Mia.
Realising her daughter is inadvertently at risk Emma leaves home with Mia. Matty only has his old gym/corner crew (Paul Popplewell and Tony Pitts) to aid his slow recovery and for the second half of the film the emotional angle if Matty's life is followed including the lows of a suicide attempt and reconciliation with the fighter from his last fight (Anthony Welsh).
The film is a low budget British (Yorkshire) art house film that features hardly any boxing at all aside from the pre-fight press conference of Burton's last fight.
It had some personal interest what with the local filming locations.
The emotional aspects of the tragedy of brain injury that occasionally happens in the sport is the story here.
Paddy Considine as well as playing the main role of Burton is the director and writer of the film.
Considine was behind the 2011 UK hit Tyrannosaur.
Tony Pitts occasionally appears in Sheffield based films although most UK viewers of the film may remember him as Archie on the UK television soap opera Emmerdale Farm (as it was then).
A film that won't be seen by many but may appear on late night TV broadcasts in future. However a film worthy of viewing if at all possible.