The first trailer and a new poster have arrived online for the acclaimed biographical action drama A Prayer Before Dawn. Directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, the film received its world premiere earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival and stars Joe Cole as Billy Moore, a young boxer and criminal who finds himself incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious prisons; take a look below…
A Prayer Before Dawn is the remarkable true story of Billy Moore, a young English boxer incarcerated in two of Thailand’s most notorious prisons. He is quickly thrown into a terrifying world of drugs and gang violence, but when the prison authorities allow him to take part in the Muay Thai boxing tournaments, he realizes this might be his chance to get out. Billy embarks on a relentless, action-packed journey from one savage fight to the next, stopping at nothing to do whatever he must to preserve his life and regain his freedom. Shot in a an actual Thai prison with a cast of primarily real inmates, A Prayer Before Dawn is a visceral, thrilling journey through an unforgettable hell on earth.
