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64th International Film Festival
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Float Like a Butterfly (2018) 14

Ireland | 2018 | 101 min.

Fifteen-year-old Frances lost her mother in a fight - the same fight which landed her father in jail for the last ten years. Like her idol Muhammad Ali, she wants to be The Greatest too. When her father gets out of jail, she feels that this is her chance, but he doesn't turn out to be the hero she remembers. Due to the conditions of his parole, he's forced to endure humiliation from the police sergeant. And to make up for lost time, he is resolute to make a man of his son and an obedient wife of his daughter. Now Frances must fight even for the right to fight.

CountryIreland
Year2018
Duration101 min
Rating14
LanguageEnglish
SubtitleCzech
Directed by Camel Winters
Director of Photography Michael Lavelle
Edited by Julian Ulrichs
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Biography

Irish screenwriter and film and theater director. She studied drama and English at Trinity College, Dublin. She is an award-winning playwright, has directed the short drama Limbo (2008), and continued in the same genre with her feature film debut Snap (2010).

Teenagers, Family, Sports, Drama, Sports