Girlfight
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Karyn Kusama
Michelle Rodriguez
Jaime Tirelli
Paul Calderon
Santiago Douglas
Ray Santiago
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Trouble comes too easily to Diana Guzman, a high school senior with a chip on her shoulder and nameless, aimless scores to settle. Running an errand one day for her father Sandro, Diana finds herself in one of Brooklyn's most famous boxing gyms. At the sight of boxers sparring in the ring, her mind explodes with the promise that you can be someone through the swiftness of your fists and your will to do harm -- finally, a place where she might belong! She starts secretly training to be a boxer, and wakes up quickly to find aches, pains, and an emotional tug-of-war with Hector, her world weary trainer. The discipline, cunning, and sheer hard work required to be a contender are the cold shower Diana needs to stir an ambition she's neglected all her life. Things get messy when she falls in love with another young boxer -- a guy whose ambivalent tenderness toward her puts her on the defensive, and whose fluid boxing style sharpens her own competitive edge.
Director
Karyn Kusama
Cast
Michelle Rodriguez
Jaime Tirelli
Paul Calderon
Santiago Douglas
Ray Santiago
Victor Sierra
Elisa Bocanegra
Shannon Walker Williams
Louis Guss
Herb Lovelle
Thomas Barbour
Graciella Ortiz
J P Linton
Iris Little Thomas
Dadi Pinero
Belqui Ortiz
Chuck Hickey
Anthony Ruiz
Jose Rabelo
Jose Espinal
John Sayles
Jack R Marks
Yiyo Guzman
Diane Martella
Michael A. Bentt
Gus Santorella
Courtney Krause
Edgardo Claudio
Millie Tirelli
Allan Gropper
Alicia Ashley
Danny Gant
Josephine Pignataro
Sanford Redock
Allie Woods
Ricky Colon
Andre Eason
Jose Espinol
Angel Gonzalez
Gabby Guzman
Andee Hernandez
Carlos Hernandez
Carlos Hernandez
Daniel Judah
Christian Leyba
Paul Maldonado
Angel Osvaldo
Ralphie Rivera
Donnell Smith
Angel Torres
Angel Vega
Theodore Shapiro
Carlos Gomez
Tom Chiu
Cornelius Dufallo
Darrett Atkins
Crew
Jeffrey Allen
Stephen J Beatrice
Jay Berliher
Andy Bey
Gwen Bialic
Yael Bitton
Joe Bonadio
Jimmy Bosch
Patrick Cady
Marco Cattoretti
Kathy Ciric
Tom Dekorte
Lois Dilivio
Patrick Donnely
Miguel Fernandez
Robert Fernandez
Carrie Fix
Danny Gant
Andy Goldman
Sarah Green
Martha Griffin
Stephanie Griffin
Yiyo Guzman
Adam Hamilton
Gary Harris
Stefon Harris
Susan Jacobs
Caroline Kaplan
Judy Karp
Karyn Kusama
Queen Latifah
Remy Ma
Cynthia Markins-dieden
Stephanie Marquardt
Ellyn Long Marshall
Remy Martin
Gene Mcdaniels
Luca Mosca
Maria E. Nelson
Maggie Renzi
Sinbad Rios
Rebecca Rivo
Hector Roca
Jason Rothenberg
Alessandra Sanitate
Carlos Santana
John Sayles
Jonathan Sehring
Dan Seligmann
Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro
Craig H. Shepherd
Manny Siverio
Tracie Spencer
Jacky Terrason
Richard Thompson
Plummy Tucker
Michael Tudor
Michael Tudor
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of two awards, including the Open Palm Award and the Breakthrough Actor Award (Michelle Rodriguez) at the 2000 IFP Gotham Awards.
Winner of the Youth Jury Prize for Best Foreign Film at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
Winner of the Silver Spike for runner-up at the 2000 Valladolid International Film Festival.
Winner of the Grand Prize of American Independent Cinema and the Ralf Lauren Prize for acting (Michelle Rodriguez) at the 2000 Deauville Festival of American Film.
Winner of the Directing Award and co-winner, along with Kenneth Lonergan's "You Can Count on Me," of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Film at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.
Winner of the Best Picture Prize at the 2000 Deauville Festival of American Film.
Winner of the Best Actress Award (Michele Rodriguez) at the 2000 Deauville Festival of American Film.
Winner of the 2000 award for Breakthrough Performance (Michelle Rodriguez) from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
Limited Release in United States September 29, 2000
Released in United States Fall September 29, 2000
Released in United States on Video March 27, 2001
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States January 2000
Released in United States June 2000
Released in United States September 2000
Released in United States October 2000
Shown at New York International Film Festival May 31 - June 4, 2000.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 2000.
Shown at Nantucket Film Festival June 21-25, 2000.
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film September 1-10, 2000.
Shown at Valladolid International Film Festival October 20-28, 2000.
Feature directorial debut for Karyn Kusama, a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, whose thesis film, "Sleeping Beauties," won a Mobil award in 1991. Feature acting debut for Michelle Rodriguez who was discovered by the filmmakers during an open casting call in New York City. Rodriguez trained as a a boxer for five months in preparation for her role as the angry and fearless Diana Guzman.
Began shooting June 3, 1999.
Completed shooting July 7, 1999.
Limited Release in United States September 29, 2000
Released in United States Fall September 29, 2000
Released in United States on Video March 27, 2001
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at New York International Film Festival May 31 - June 4, 2000.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 2000.)
Released in United States January 2000 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 20-30, 2000.)
Released in United States June 2000 (Shown at Nantucket Film Festival June 21-25, 2000.)
Released in United States September 2000 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film September 1-10, 2000.)
Released in United States October 2000 (Shown at Valladolid International Film Festival October 20-28, 2000.)
