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Directed by Jules Falardeau
Origin Quebec
Genres Documentary
Themes Politique, Sports films, Boxing films, Documentary films about sports, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Le boxe anglaise, Documentary films about Quebec politics
À travers une rencontre intimiste supportée de séquences vidéo et d'images d'archives, le document nous présente le rôle marquant de ce chevalier de l'indépendance dans l'évolution du mouvement indépendantiste au Québec des années 1960.
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
, 2h49Directed by Luchino Visconti
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Sports films, Rape in fiction, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Claudia Cardinale, Annie Girardot, Katína Paxinoú, Alessandra Panaro
After the death of his father, Rocco Parondi (Alain Delon), one of the five sons of a poor rural Italian family travels north from Lucania to join his older brother Vincenzo in Milan by the matriarch Rosaria(Katina Paxinou). She is the "hand to which the five fingers belong" as she states in the film and she has a powerful influence on her sons. Presented in five distinct sections, the film weaves the story of the five brothers Vincenzo, Simone, Rocco, Ciro and Luca Parondi as each of them adapt to their new lives in the city.
, 1h58Directed by Claude Sautet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani, Gérard Depardieu, Stéphane Audran, Antonella Lualdi
Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming Vincent, everyone's favorite, faces bankruptcy, his mistress leaves him, and his wife, from whom he's separated, wants a divorce.
Directed by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, William Heise
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Action
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Directed by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, William Heise
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Documentary films about sports, Le boxe anglaise
James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney both take part in a specially arranged boxing match under special conditions that allow for it to be filmed and displayed on a Kinetograph. The match consists of six one-minute rounds. James J. Corbett was a boxing hero of the time while Courtney was the underdog.
Speakeasy (1929)
, 1h2Directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Théâtre, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films based on plays, Le boxe anglaise, Children's films
Actors Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Warren Hymer, Lola Lane, Helen Ware, Henry B. Walthall
Speakeasy est un film sur le sport.
Flesh (1932)
, 1h35Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Wallace Beery, Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan, Herman Bing
Un boxeur allemand part combattre aux États-Unis. Mais il est abusé par son manager qui est l'amant de la femme qu'il aime...
The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940)
, 1h47Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Robert Earl Jones, Amanda Randolph, Oscar Polk, Juano Hernández
Elinor Lee, a gangster’s moll living in the Harlem section of New York City, has signed up-and-coming boxer Benny Blue to a 10-year contract. Lee and a pair of corrupt fight promoter scheme to build up Blue as a potential champion, with the goal of betting against him when they force him to take a dive in a champion fight. Lee conspires to hire Fredi, an old friend of Blue and an escaped convict hiding from the law, to be his sweetheart and to control him for Lee and her partners.
Homeboy (1988)
, 1h55Directed by Michael Seresin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise, Children's films
Actors Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken, Debra Feuer, Kevin Conway, Tom Quinn, Jon Polito
Johnny Walker (Mickey Rourke) is a down-and-out boxer with brain damage who has recently moved into a sea-side resort. He falls in love with Ruby, a carnival owner who has a lot in common with Johnny. He also befriends Wesley Pendergrass (Christopher Walken), a corrupt promoter. Wesley and Johnny form a strong friendship, and it's clear that Johnny comes to idolize Wesley who wants to use Johnny as muscle in a robbery and asks for his help. Johnny has to choose between the love of Ruby (Debra Feuer) or the friendship of Wesley.
Body and Soul (1947)
, 1h44Directed by Robert Rossen, Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, William Conrad, Joseph Pevney
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
The Square Ring (1953)
, 1h23Directed by Basil Dearden, Michael Leighton George Relph
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Théâtre, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Films based on plays, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Jack Warner, Robert Beatty, Bill Owen, Maxwell Reed, George Rose, Bill Travers
Five stories that take place mainly in the locker room prior to and after various bouts during a single evening at a cheap boxing stadium. These include a novice cheated of victory, a boxer who refuses to "throw" a fight, and a veteran trying to make a come-back who pays with his life.
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
, 1h35Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Anthony Quinn, Jack Palance, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Kim Hunter
Après dix sept ans de carrière, le boxeur poids lourds Mountain Rivera est mis K.O. par Cassius Clay. Gravement blessé à l'oeil, il doit raccrocher les gants sous peine de perdre la vue. Avec l'aide de son fidèle soigneur, Army, il se lance alors à la recherche d'un travail. Une assistante sociale se prend d'affection pour ce colosse pathétique et offre la possibilité de devenir moniteur dans un camp de vacances. Mais son entraîneur, criblé de dettes, a d'autres projets pour lui, il entend le reconvertir en catcheur.
Tokyo Fist (1995)
, 1h27Directed by Shin'ya Tsukamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Naoto Takenaka, Tomorowo Taguchi, Chu Ishikawa, Julie Dreyfus
The film tells about a Japanese door-to-door insurance salesman, Tsuda Yoshiharu, who takes up boxing after some chance meetings with a former high school friend, Kojima Yakuji. Tsuda lives a more or less uneventful life. He has a fiance, Hizuru, who one day invites Kojima in to Tsuda's apartment. Kojima comes onto Hizuru, who rejects him. Still, Tsuda finds out and gets enraged at Kojima, but Kojima beats Tsuda to a pulp and humiliates him to the point where it strains his relationship with Hizuru. Hizuru is intrigued by the animalistic Kojima, and ends up moving in with him. She also starts to pierce herself and get tattoos. She wants to box, but is denied that life by the surprisingly cowardly Kojima, who says she is a scary freak of a woman.
The Winner (1979)
, 1h45Directed by François Reichenbach
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Documentary films about sports, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michèle Morgan
Un jeune sénégalais vient à Paris pour réaliser son rêve : boxer. La rencontre du petit noir et du grand Paris, le petit peuple parisien, le monde un peu secret de la boxe... autant de chose pour lui a découvrir.
Walkover (1965)
, 1h17Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Jerzy Skolimowski, Elżbieta Czyżewska, Franciszek Pieczka, Jacek Fedorowicz, Jolanta Lothe, Stanisław Tym
Un jeune homme désœuvré se laisse convaincre par un entraîneur de participer à un combat de boxe.