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The post-salad days of real-life Connecticut boxer Willie Pep are dramatized with impressive vérité verisimilitude in Robert Kolodny's Venice-premiered debut feature.

The Featherweight
Courtesy of Appian Way
  • Production: An Appian Way presentation in association with Golden Ratio Films. (World sales: Cinetic, New York City.) Producers: Steve Loff, James Madio, Bennett Elliott, Robert Greene, Asger Hussain, Abhayanand Singh. Executive producers: Jennifer Davisson, Michael Hampton, Steve James, Brian Liebman.
  • Crew: Director: Robert Kolodny. Screenplay: Steve Loff. Camera: Adam Kolodny. Editor: Robert Greene.
  • With: James Madio, Ruby Wolf, Keir Gilchrist, Ron Livingston, Stephen Lang, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Shari Albert, Imma Aiello., Frank John Hughes, Jeremy Luke. (English, Italian dialogue)