A24 has released the first trailer of the upcoming film, A Prayer Before Dawn. The film is a boxing film that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. A24 acquired the North American distribution rights for the Thailand-based film, which stars a brutally furious Joe Cole of Peaky Blinders fame.Here is the official synopsis:
“A Prayer Before Dawn is 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. Billy embarks on a relentless, action-packed journey from one savage fight to the next, stopping at nothing to do whatever he must to preserve his life and regain his freedom. Shot in an actual Thai prison with a cast of primarily real inmates, A Prayer Before Dawn is a visceral, thrilling journey through an unforgettable hell on earth.”
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