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The Featherweight
2023
Synopsis
In 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion. Down and out in Hartford, Connecticut, married to a woman half his age, and dealing with a drug-addled son and mounting debts, Pep decides to make a return to the ring.
Editorial
A knockout of a biopic, this sensational debut from acclaimed cinematographer Robert Kolodny (Pavements) inhabits the cinéma vérité style of 1960s documentaries. With stunning attention to period details, The Featherweight probes the public image and the private turmoil of a fading boxing star.
