ON THE ROPES
Year 2007
Running time 95’
With Richard Anconina, Louise Szpindel,Stéphanie Sokolinski, Maria de Medeiros, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Bruno Putzulu
Synopsis
Joseph manages a French Boxing Club where he trains his daughter and niece. Boxing is everything for this threesome. Their tempo of life is ordered to this rhythm... A rhythm that Theresa, Joseph’s wife, ends up detesting. The evening of the French Championships, the defeat of one of the two girls throws the survival of the club into peril and shatters the family’s equilibrium. Between Angie and Sandra, raised as if sisters, the bond is tested and a dangerous rivalry begins to fester, both inside the ring and out.
Produced by
Sunday Morning Productions
Co-produced by
Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
French Distribution
Pyramide Distribution
International Sales
Pyramide International
Supported by
CNC, Canal+, Ciné+, Cofinova, Natexis Banque Populaire Images, Procirep, Programme Media
Angers European First Film Festival 2007
Mademoiselle Ladubay Prize (Bestr Promising European Actress) for Louise Szpindel