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From acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and starring Academy Award® nominated Jake Gyllenhaal (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN END OF WATCH) comes a story of tragedy loss and the painful road to redemption. Billy The Great Hope (Gyllenhaal) is the reigning Junior Middleweight Champion whose unorthodox stance the so-called Southpaw consists of an ineloquent though brutal display of offensive fighting…one fueled by his own feelings of inadequacy and a desperate need for love money and fame. With a beautiful family home and financial security Billy is on top both in and out of the ring until a tragic accident leaves his wife dead and sends him into a downward spiral. His days now an endless haze of alcohol and prescription drugs his daughter taken by Child Services and his home repossessed by the bank Billy s fate is all but sealed until a washed up former boxer named Tick agrees to take the bereaved pugilist under his wing so long as he agrees to his strict ethos. Relentless and utterly