Drama / Sports
USA,
2000, 110 min
Directed by:
Karyn KusamaScreenplay:
Karyn KusamaCinematography:
Patrick CadyComposer:
Theodore ShapiroCast:
Michelle Rodriguez, Jamie Tirelli, Paul Calderon, John Sayles, Michael Bentt, Anthony Ruiz, Ray Santiago, Louis Guss, Iris Little ThomasVOD (1)
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Bullied by her father at home and feeling adrift at school, Diana Guzman (Michelle Rodriguez) finds refuge in an unexpected pocket of her native Brooklyn—a timeworn boxing gym, where she learns to channel her strength, discovers a sense of community, and falls for a rival fighter. In Karyn Kusama’s raw, understated feature debut, Rodriguez commands the screen with both tightly coiled intensity and deep wells of vulnerability as a young woman hitting back at society’s expectations and her own personal demons. Capturing the full emotional weight of Diana’s journey and the kinetic thrill of bodies in motion, Kusama crafts a singularly uncompromising story of self-realization. (Criterion)
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