A Belgian Boxer Goes to the Mat in Directors' Fortnight Entry ‘Wild Foxes' (Exclusive Trailer)
Samuel Kircher, the breakout star of Catherine Breillat's Last Summer, stars as Camille, a talented young boxer at a sports boarding school who narrowly survives a fatal accident, saved by his best friend Matteo (Faycal Anaflous). But after a swift recovery, Camille is struck by an inexplicable pain that gradually takes hold of him, threatening his dreams of greatness. In the world he knows, in the ring and outside it, there's no room for weakness.
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