Preget av en smertefull adskillelse fra sin datter, er ikke trener Frankie Dunn forberedt da bokseren Maggie Fitzgerald kommer inn i livet hans. Men Maggie er fast bestemt på å bli proff og å få overbevist erfarne Dunn til å hjelpe henne.
Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public consensus was that it was a waste of time – no one good enough to play professional football was going to be found this way.
Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is simply not enough. So Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her dreams. But is the ultimate cost too high for her?
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Advokat Jan Schlichtmann påtar seg bare lønnsomme saker. Men i sitt nye oppdrag blir han innblandet i en omfattende rettstvist hvor han er villig til å sette karrieren, ryktet sitt og til slutt alt han eier for å skape rettferdighet for klintene sine.