A Prayer Before Dawn
Streaming video - 2017
The remarkable true story of Billy Moore, a young English boxer incarcerated in two of Thailand’s most notorious prisons. He is quickly thrown into a terrifying world of drugs and gang violence, but when the prison authorities allow him to take part in the Muay Thai boxing tournaments, he realizes this might be his chance to get out. Shot in a an actual Thai prison with a cast of primarily real inmates, A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN is a visceral, thrilling journey. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Actor at the **British Independent Film Awards**. "*It's a spare, brutal, well-crafted prison drama, anchored by an at-turns wildly aggressive and hauntingly vulnerable lead performance by Joe Cole.*"... - A.A. Dowd, ***AV Club***
- Subjects
- Genres
- Feature films
- Published
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
A24
2017.
2019. - Language
- English
- Other Authors
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- Online Access
- A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image - Item Description
- Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record. - Physical Description
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (117 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Format
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Access
- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).