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Irish film wins at Boston Film Festival
The new Michael Madsen starring Irish film 'Strength and Honour' has won the Best Picture and Best Actor awards at the Boston Film Festival. It is the first time in the festival's history that a single film has received the Best Picture and Best Actor awards. Previous winners of Best Picture at the festival include 'American Beauty' and 'Good Will Hunting'.
Written and directed by Cork filmmaker Mark Mahon, 'Strength and Honour' tells the story of an Irish-American boxer (Madsen) who promised his late wife he would never fight again having killed his friend in the ring.
However, when he discovers that his only son is dying of the same hereditary heart disorder that killed his wife, he is forced to go back on his promise and become a bare knuckle boxer in order to raise money for the boy's life-saving surgery.
The film was shot in Cork over seven weeks last autumn and also stars Patrick Bergin, Richard Chamberlain and Vinnie Jones.
Commenting on his film's festival success, director Mahon said: "This is a great honour. To win top awards at such a prestigious festival is surreal - competition was fierce this year with a large number of high profile titles competing."
He continued: "We're absolutely ecstatic that Michael Madsen won for his superb lead performance and look forward to the theatrical release of 'Strength and Honour'.
'Strength and Honour' will be released in Irish cinemas on 30 November.
Strength and Honour filming took place in Cork city and county including Kinsale, Rochestown, Passage West and the then un-opened maternity ward of the Cork University Hospital as well as new Airport terminal. A single father decides to break his dying wife's last wish to not box again in order to save his young son from certain death.
In the face of death, what man wouldn't risk his own life to save his son's?
Strength and Honour is a powerful boxing movie, which is a journey about a man's love for his son and his refusal to let him die. it is a great story and was put brought to the Cannes film festival. Olann Kelleher, a prominent Cork-based lawyer, is the executive producer of the movie.
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