Float Like a Butterfly

2018

Action / Drama / History / Sport

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 69% · 16 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 69%
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 400 400

boxing

Plot summary

Irish Traveller Frances has to fight for the right to pursue her passion... boxing. She is determined to make her idol Muhammad Ali proud, as well as her father who has recently been released from prison. But when she wants to show him just how tough she is, she soon comes to realise he's got other plans for her.

Director

Carmel Winters Photo
Carmel Winters

Top cast

Brendan Conroy Photo
Brendan Conroy as Chief Landowner
Packy Lee Photo
Packy Lee as Uncle Joe
Hazel Doupe Photo
Hazel Doupe as Frances
Aaron Monaghan Photo
Aaron Monaghan as Uncle Bobby
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895.49 MB
1280*528
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
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1.75 GB
1904*784
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mattewmanue 7 / 10

Heart Warming Film

I really enjoy this film, it was beautiful acted and amazing
Reviewed by niamhnab 7 / 10

Worth watching, especially as an Irishwoman

I'm Irish. I am a woman. I grew up in Ireland and still live here. My Irishness goes back to Celtic roots. But I'm not part of the Travelling Community. So I have no idea what they would think of this film. And I would really like to know. I saw a lot of truth in the film but only as a person who sees that lifestyle from a distance. I'm curious about what Travellers think of it. I would value that perspective far more than random foreign takes from people who just don't get it.For me, I loved this film in some respects. I've always had a draw towards nomadic, gypsy living. But I wonder if this film romanticises the Travelling lifestyle as opposed to giving a more honest, starker picture.I thought most of the actors were very good and recognised quite a few. I love the main character and how gutsy she was. She was very well portrayed.Some parts of the story were dealt with very well while other aspects felt a little flatter. Aesthetically a nice film. For me, the rambling style of storytelling in the screenplay is reminiscent of life on the road.As for comments expressing LMAO about a girl wanting to be a boxer in Ireland and idolising Ali, they reflect a blinding ignorance on the part of the viewer. These people clearly never heard about Katie Taylor for one thing.This film is going to be largely lost on misogynists and people that don't get Irish culture, the tensions that exist between what some call the 'Settled' and the Travelling Communities, and the fighting Female spirit throughout Irish history way back to mythology and pre-Christian and pre-Anglo-Saxon culture here.For anyone who enjoys a story about a free spirit struggling to break through in an oppressive world, this is definitely worth watching.
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