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Director: Liam McGrath
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From Time Out Film Guide
Training on waste ground surrounded by the flotsam of a travellers' caravan site hardly seems the first step to Olympic boxing glory, but such is the real-life Rocky story uncovered by this engaging Irish documentary. Director McGrath followed the progress of 19-year-old amateur light welterweight Francis Barrett for more than two years, and the sunny good nature of this quietly spoken pocket destroyer has you rooting for him in no time.Author: TJ
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Cast & crew
Director: Liam McGrath
Producer: Robert Walpole, Paddy Breathnach
Cast: Francis Barrett, Chick Gillen, Tom Humphries, Colum Flynn, Nicolas Cruz Hernandez full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 80 mins
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