Two Fists, One Heart | |
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Directed by | Shawn Seet |
Written by | Rai Fazio |
Produced by | David Elfick |
Starring | Daniel Amalm Ennio Fantastichini Jessica Marais Tim Minchin |
Cinematography | Hugh Miller |
Edited by | Deborah Peart Milena Romanin |
Distributed by | Walt Disney Home Entertainment HanWay Films (worldwide) |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Languages | English Italian |
Budget | $8.5M (which included a $4 million investment from Screen Australia) |
Box office | $305K |
Two Fists, One Heart is a 2008 Australian drama film directed by Shawn Seet and written by Rai Fazio, and is based on Fazio's own life growing up. [1] The film is set and was shot in Perth, Western Australia. The film follows Anthony Argo, an Italian Australian boxer whose Sicilian father/trainer wants Anthony to pursue boxing but he forsakes it when he meets Kate and perceives differently than his father the violence in the sport. She is a girl from the other side of the tracks. But Anthony reconsiders when his father's boxing student quits; Anthony begins to train much more than before in preparation for the biggest fight of his life.
Cinema Autopsy awarded the film 2.5 stars. [2] The film was heavily criticized in the article I'm Here to Save Screen Australia Time and Money, [3] and Screen Australia's CEO Ruth Harley expressed disappointment in the article "Screen Aus reviews Two Fists Failure". [4]
Two Fists, One Heart cost $8,500,000 (which included a $4 million investment from Screen Australia) and made $305,300.
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