counterpunch



Title: Counterpunch - View Feature
Status: Now Available
Genre: Drama
Run Time: 97 minutes

Starring: Featuring Danny Trejo (Machete, Heat), Steven Bauer (Scarface, Primal Fear) and Alvaro Orlando (The Pickup Artist)

Producer Credits: Ivett Havasi, Christopher Robin Hood, Alvara Orlando

Emilio Manrique (Alvaro Orlando) is a young boxer from the wrong side of the tracks with dreams of winning the Golden Gloves. An already difficult journey seems almost impossible when he's diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and feels his world closing in around him. Trying to overcome seemingly endless obstacles and make something of himself, Emilio can't escape his alcoholic mother and her boyfriend (Stephen Bauer), his degenerate friends and his powerful, debilitating affliction.

Fortunately, Emilio has a support system in place including his crisis counselor (Danny Trejo) and a surrogate father in the form of his Uncle Frank (Oscar Torre). Things seem to finally start to turn for him when he earns the confidence and love of a beautiful, young boxing promoter (Camila Banus) bent on getting Emilio his shot at the big time.

January 2013 Lionsgate - North American Release