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AS MUCH a clichéd sp unfocused character is the story of boxing Durán and his relati legendary trainer, Ray Arcel.
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The character study part of about painting a picture of Du up to this particular incident a afterwards.
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But, because there is just so get through, the camera doesn him to allow us under Durán’s right a few times – like in a key discusses with Arcel how he fe father – but then the camera ca scene and we are dragged alon tries his hardest to draw a par inner struggles and the contentious political relationship between the US and Panama at that time, but it’s a bit of a stretch.
The film starts with child Durán (David Arosemena) to set the scene of American-occupied Panama, then quickly skips to Durán making his professional debut.
It is off-putting to have the adult actor (Ramirez) pursue the schoolgirl Felicidad (De Armas), but it is important to remember that Durán was still a teenager at this point.
We see how Durán’s relationship with Arcel (De Niro) develops and deepens and his changing relationship with childhood friend Chaflan (Óscar Jaenada), but eventually there is just so much detail crammed into the film that your attention wanders.