If there’s one thing we do here in Ireland, it’s that we support our own.
So you can imagine our excitement when we found out that a brand new Irish boxing thriller would be hitting the big screen very soon.
Yes, Swing Bout follows the story of a young boxer who is plunged into a tumultuous journey from the dressing room to her ring walk in a night of deceit, betrayal, and life-altering decisions at a major boxing event
“Toni, like most boxers at the beginning of their fight career, has dreams of being a world champion,” reads the official synopsis.
“But, here on fight night, amid the bright lights and the chance to box in front of a huge TV audience on a major fight card, reality strikes hard, and Toni finds herself low on confidence and even lower on cash.
“She becomes entangled in a web of corruption spun by her promoters, The Casey Brothers.
“They and her conniving coach tempt her into taking a dive against a hot prospect with connections to the underworld in exchange for a lucrative payoff.”
Sounds thrilling, indeed!
The film is written and directed by Maurice O’Carroll (Conversations with My Dead Father, Mountrath Unlocked) and stars Ciara Berkeley (The Deceived, Normal People) in the lead role of boxer Toni Gale.
Starring alongside Ciara includes Sinéad O’Riordan, John Connors, Ben Condron, Baz Black, and Chrissie Cronin.
Swing Bout will open in selected cinemas on Friday 20 September.
You can watch the trailer above.