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The Ring Within
20021 h 15 min 14 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Dan Bigras
Production: Éric Michel
Script: Dan Bigras
This is the story of a few angry men. One of them, Dan Bigras, is known as a singer. He decided to direct this film to tell the world about his buddies. Guys, like him, who are filled with an inner rage, which they have learned to control and express through martial arts and extreme fighting. These fights may have a bad name but, as the singer/filmmaker shows, all violence is born of pain. For his friends and himself, the ring is a metaphor for an ongoing inner battle. The film will change how we see the practitioners of this maligned sport who have transformed their anger into a rage for life. Viewers will be knocked out by their courage and honesty.
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Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure > Boxing, Wrestling and Martial Arts
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Emotional Life
- Social Issues > Masculine Identity
- Music > Quebec Musicians
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Adulthood
- Physical Education > Fitness
- Health/Personal Development > Mental Health/Stress/SuicideProblem Solving/Conflict Resolution
Credits
- participation
- Charles Ali Nestor
- Steve Vigneault
- David Loiseau
- Dirk Waardenburg
- Yves Jabouin
- Jason St-Louis
- Mitch Louis Charles
- Michel Jetté
- George Manoli
- Germaine Lorzeme
- Dave, Sr Hilton
- Ricardo François
- Shawn Tompkins
- Sean Pierson
- Shawn « Pain » Peters
- Justin Bruckmann
- Ronnie Chicoine
- Joël LeBlanc
- Vlademir Ismailov
- Tadarius Thomas
- researcher
- Dan Bigras
- writer
- Dan Bigras
- script consultant
- Ryofa Chung
- Manon Barbeau
- location manager
- Alain Thériault
- camera
- Michel La Veaux
- location sound
- Richard Lavoie
- editing
- Hélène Girard
- sound editing
- Marie-Claude Gagné
- additional camera
- Martin F. Leblanc
- camera assistant
- Sébastien Cassou
- Gilles Laliberté
- Ugo Brochu
- additional sound recording
- Ismaël Cordeiro
- gaffer
- Gilles Mayer
- Georges Roy
- stills photographer
- Maxime Picard
- Michel La Veaux
- music
- Dan Bigras
- musician
- Stéphane Dufour
- Dan Bigras
- singer
- Luce Dufault
- Laurence Jalbert
- Lulu Hughes
- Julie Leblanc
- Breen Leboeuf
- music engineer
- Jacques Bigras
- Robert «Biggs » Legros
- music engineer - assistant
- Valérie Crevier
- foley
- Stéphane Cadotte
- Antonio Mari
- foley recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- narration recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- online editing
- Denis Pilon
- Sylvain Desbiens
- titles
- Louise Overy
- subtitles
- Kathleen Fleming
- technical coordination
- Richard Cliche
- distribution officer
- Élise Labbé
- production administration
- Colette Brodeur
- production administration assistant
- Dany Delpy
- Lise Fortin Roy
- line production
- Christiane Germain
- Christian Medawar
- director
- Dan Bigras
- producer
- Éric Michel