The Featherweight

James Madio (The Offer) plays Willie Pep, one of the greatest boxers of the 20th Century, in this mockumentary-styled biopic nominated for Best Film at Venice 2024.

Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion. Down and out in Hartford CT, married to a woman half his age and with a drug-addled son and mounting debts, Pep decides to make a return to the ring.

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