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Michele 'Mike' Lo Russo is a young Italian boxer who moved to Hamburg for a professional boxing career. When his German manager decides not to renew his contract, he returns to Trieste, where his older sister Anna lives. Orphaned at an early age, Anna dedicated her life to her brother's success, picturing his triumph in the boxing as the only gateway to a better life, for him as well as herself. Once again Anna comes to Mike's aid, begging his old coach to train him again. Unfortunately fighting engagements aren't coming, and Mike grows impatient. Bargni, a manager he had met in Germany, persuades him to get into the illegal fight club business. Mike hesitates at first, but then is lured in and he gets a taste of a world with no rules, a world that allows pretty much anything, where bets abound and money pours in.
Screenplay: Fulvio Bernasconi, Vincenza Consoli
10 Nov, 18.00 - Villa Medici
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