10 May 1944
The Contender
A truck driver turns to prizefighting with hopes of earning enough cash to send his son to military school. 1944.
Bayonet
Past was his worst enemy
Miguel “Bayoneta” Galíndez is a retired boxer from Tijuana who finds himself living in a cramped flat in Finland. As his future begins to look up, a desire for redemption draws him back into the ring.
Top Billed Cast
Brontis Jodorowsky Denis
Luis Gerardo Méndez Miguel
Laura Birn Sarita
Joonas Saartamo Remu
Ilkka Koivula Jyrki
Ville Virtanen Jaakko
Rodrigo ''El Jaguar'' Ortiz Ramiro "Baby" Carmona
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