Winner of 4 Academy Awards - Best Film, Best Actress - Hilary Swank, Best Supporting Actor - Morgan Freeman and Best Director - Clint Eastwood. A hardened boxing trainer is taken by surprise when an incredibly determined young women wants him to train her. Won over by her sheer determination, he begrudgingly takes her on. In turns exasperating and inspiring each other, the two come to discover that they share a common spirit that transcends the pain and loss of their pasts, and they find in each other a sense of family they lost long ago.