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201744 minPG-13documentary

The Tiger's Den

201744 minPG-13documentary

A Canadian kickboxer travels to Thailand to study Muay Thai and explores Lethwei, a brutal bare-knuckle fighting tradition in Myanmar.

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Jean-François Martel,

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A Canadian kickboxer travels to Thailand to study Muay Thai and explores Lethwei, a brutal bare-knuckle fighting tradition in Myanmar.

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Jean-François Marteldirector

Jason Brennandirector

Jason Brennanwriter

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A Canadian kickboxer journeys to Thailand to study Muay Thai and to find himself. Along the way, his gaze will turn to Myanmar, where traditional boxers engage in a brutal form of bare knuckles fighting called Lethwei. It is there, in the Tiger’s Den, that he will come to know his destiny.

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