A REASON TO FIGHT

UNA RAGIONE PER COMBATTERE

By Alessandro BACCINI

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Romance - Completed 2020

When the woman he loves is hospitalized and he learns her only hope is an expensive operation, an underground fighting champion tries to win a half million dollars by fighting another champion so vicious that most of his opponents have died in the ring…

    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Romance, Thriller
    • Countries
    • ITALY
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN
    • Duration
    • 80 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alessandro BACCINI
    • Writer(s)
    • Alessandro BACCINI, Domenico COSTANZO
    • Producer(s)
    • Alessandro BACCINI
    • Synopsis
    • On the outside, Mark is a model student and a born leader. But on the inside, he's a coiled ball of rage, a man seething with hidden anger from having witnessed the murder of his mother when he was a child. He vents his fury by secretly engaging in clandestine fighting matches, where he has become the local champion. When his girlfriend Lisa finds out about his secret life he promises her that he will give up fighting. But Lisa is soon hospitalized with a rare heart condition and Mark discovers her only hope is an expensive operation that can only be performed overseas. Desperate to save her life, Mark has no choice but to break his word; with the promise of a half-million dollar prize, he volunteers to fight The Texan, a foreign champion so vicious that most of his opponents have died in the ring...