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The Featherweight

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Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion. Down and out in Hartford CT, married to a woman half his age and with a drug-addled son and mounting debts, Pep decides to make a return to the ring.

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James Madio
Willie Pep
Ruby Wolf
Linda Papaleo
Keir Gilchrist
Billy Papaleo Jr.

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Awards

  • 2023 - Venice Horizons Award - Best Film - nominated
  • 2023 - Future/Now - - nominated
  • 2024 - American Independents Competition - - nominated
  • 2024 - The Peter Brunette Award - Best Director - winner

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