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A fighter disciplines his son. Living amidst Ireland's community of "travellers," Patrick is a stern, harsh father, who is concerned that his son Francie is too soft, with his gentle temperament and his asthma. Though Francie boxes like his father, he doesn't like it. But Patrick insists on toughening him up, forcing him to fight against a tougher, stronger fighter when they scrap. When Patrick catches Francie playing with his mother's lipstick, he decides to straighten Francie out once and for all. But those efforts have a devastating consequence, forever changing the relationship between father and son. Directed by James Doherty from a script by Theo James Krekis, this short drama is a powerful, sharply drawn portrait of a troubled father and son, in which a child falls short of a parent's expectations. That disappointment begins to poison the relationship between the two, affecting the entire ecosystem of the family and leading to a collision of cataclysmic proportions. The film has a naturalistic, sometimes doc-like look and feel, with cinematography that captures the well-worn textures and colors of a milieu that's transient, improvised and ad-hoc. The visuals have a raw authenticity in portraying the milieu of the Traveller community, and the production itself was shot in Ireland with the help of Irish Travellers' rights groups and using talent from the local Traveller communities. But the focus of the storytelling is psychological, based more on character and rela

Published 2021-10-20 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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