Dans les cordes (On the Ropes)
Director: Magaly Richard-Serrano
Soko's role: Sandra
With: Louise Szpindel
Released: 4 April 2007 (France)
Length: 93 minutes (DVD 90 min)
Genre: Drama
Screenplay by Pierre Chosson and Gaëlle Macé.
ON THE ROPES is about a boxing family. The father, the daughter, the mother and the niece are all involved in the sport. Joseph (the father) runs a small suburban club which is always on the brink of failure. The girls (Sandra and Angie) are preparing for the French championship. But Angie, the favoured contender, is defeated and a dangerous rivalry develops between Angie (Louise Szpindel) and Sandra (Soko) that goes far beyond the ring. The physically and mentally battered Angie is at the heart of the story.
Director, Magaly Richard-Serrano, has twice been champion of France, and knows boxing.
The film is the story of a little guy trying to keep his small business alive while at the same time keeping his family together, even though every family member, including himself, wants to be elsewhere.
There are no female stunt doubles listed in the credits, so it is possible that Soko and Szpindel actually did their own boxing.
TRAILER
CAST
- Soko - Sandra
- Richard Anconina - Joseph
- Maria de Medeiros - Térésa
- Louise Szpindel - Angie
- Bruno Putzulu - Billy
- Jean-Pierre Kalfon - Henri
- Dioucounda Koma - Adbou
- Chems Dahmani - Jamel
- Ninon Brétécher - Vickie
OTHER CAST -- Daniel Allouche, Macha Béranger, Chloé Cadarrecq, Rudy Genkez, Max Malka, Julia Metendier, Mallory Patte-Serrano, Philippe Patte-Serrano, Paulette Richard, Roland Richard, Roumi, Ismaila Sarr, Martine Serrano, Marie Robert Trobrillant, and Roger Vergisson.