Ahead of its theatrical release this September, a trailer has arrived online for the boxing biopic The Featherweight.
Directed by Robert Kolodny and shot in a faux documentary style, the 60s-set drama tells the story of Willie Pep (James Madio), an Italian-American boxer and featherweight champion who decides to make his return to the ring in his mid-40s. Watch the trailer below…
Set in the mid-1960s in Hartford, Connecticut, The Featherweight presents a gripping chapter in the true-life story of Italian-American boxer Willie Pep the winningest fighter of all time—who, down and out in his mid-40s and with his personal life in shambles, decides to make a return to the ring, at which point a documentary camera crew enters his life. Painstakingly researched and constructed, the film is a visceral portrait of the discontents of twentieth-century American masculinity, fame and self-perception.
The film stars James Madio, Ruby Wolf, Keir Gilchrist, Stephen Lang, Ron Livingston, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Shari Albert and Bruce Carrington.
The Featherweight arrives in cinemas on September 20th.
