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Float Like a Butterfly

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Francis loves to box and is determined to make her ex-convict father proud, but she soon comes to realize he's got other plans for her.
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Donald Clarke Irish Times An impressively passionate recreation of a now-distant era. Above all it is a triumph for Doupe, who scraps and bawls and triumphs like a star from the golden age. Nov 5, 2018 Full Review Wendy Ide Screen International A gloriously unruly collision of vivid romanticism and tough, unsentimental truths about the hardscrabble lives and casual discrimination faced by Irish travellers. Oct 9, 2018 Full Review Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter Strongly evokes a rural world stuck mid-way between restrictive age-old traditions and budding modern tendencies. Sep 19, 2018 Full Review Calum Cooper Source (Scotland) The murky cinematography adds to the prejudiced world the characters occupy, while bright colours offer specs of hope, and the classical Irish soundtrack celebrates both uniqueness and ancestry. Rated: 4/5 Jul 14, 2024 Full Review Andrew Kendall Stabroek News It is a thoughtful assessment of gender relations, coming of age and a search for identity. May 21, 2019 Full Review Roe McDermott Hot Press Touching on themes of classism, racism and sexism, Float Like A Butterfly shows the multiple, interconnecting ways that bigotry can box people in, leaving them no choice but to fight their way out. Rated: 3.5/5 May 10, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Joe F Very well written and acted about issues that are still problems from times that have changed but we still have a ways to go. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Not much. Serious melodrama from the start mucks it up. There's the cliched Irish/gypsy singing bits, hard drinkin' and gettin' the 'move on' from the 'boyoes'. Hazel Doupe is fine, but that Irish wannbe Justin Theroux & the rest of 'em are sad. Corny, cliched melodrama. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Carmel Winters

Director

Hazel Doupe

Frances

Dara Devaney

Michael

Johnny Collins

Patrick

Hilda Fay

Granny Flynn

Jamie Kierans

Eamann

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Synopsis Francis loves to box and is determined to make her ex-convict father proud, but she soon comes to realize he's got other plans for her.
Director
Carmel Winters
Producer
David Collins, Martina Niland
Screenwriter
Carmel Winters
Production Co
Samson Films, Port Pictures
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 14, 2020
Runtime
1h 41m
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