Kid Gloves
Synopsis
Fred can’t box.
In the same year Gustavo White, a Cuban boxing legend prepares for the biggest fight of his life at the Munich Olympics. Every last second of his 25 years earth have been leading up to this challenge – he is widely tipped to take gold .
He doesn’t.
Adrift and alone, the two men’s paths cross almost 40 years later. Fred is an executive at a debt recovery firm who's on his way out; his aggressive younger boss thinks he’s past it and demotes him to the call centre. Gustavo has turned his back on boxing – far from home, with his boxing club bankrupt and repossessed, he scratches a living as a gardener.
Fred is forced to participate in a work yuppie boxing event, Gus agrees to train him and both men are thrown back into the boxing fray for what will be the most important fight of their lives.
Details
- Year
- 2013
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 82 minutes
- Format
- hd
- Director
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Adam Simcox
- Producer
- Adam Simcox, Kirsty Eyre
- Executive Producer
- David Simcox, Jamie Widdowson, Nick Birtwistle, Nikkie Blackie
- Editor
- Adam Simcox, Roberta Miozzi
- Screenwriter
- Adam Simcox
- Director of Photography
- Adam Simcox
- Production Designer
- Kirsty Eyre
- Sound
- Stuart Neaverson
- Music
- Mig Dfoe
- Principal cast
- Viktor Ptak, Edmund Dehn, Heather Nimmo, Julian Shaw, Nigel Williams
- Chief Makeup Artist
- Monika Swiatek
- Makeup Artist
- Justyna Kruszka
- Assistant Camera
- Martina Lopez
- Fight Co-ordinator
- Lee Steggles
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Uncanny Films
www.uncannyfilms.com
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