'Kid
Kulafu', a film about Pacquiao, offers a glimpse of boxer's childhood
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[April 15, 2015]
MANILA (Reuters) - A film about
Manny Pacquiao released on Wednesday offers a look into the Philippine
boxer's childhood before his much anticipated fight against Floyd
Mayweather Jr next month.
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"Kid Kulafu", named after a brand of wine whose bottles Pacquiao
collected as a child, charts his rise from humble beginnings to his
first step into the boxing ring.
"He's just like every one of us," director Paul Soriano said at the
film's Manila premiere on Tuesday night. "He was born with nothing
but because of God, because of hard work and faith, he became
something."
Soriano said he spent two years researching the film, much of it
based on conversations with 36-year-old Pacquiao.
"Everyone can mimic his moves, but you can't easily copy his
courage," said Buboy Villar, who plays the young Pacquiao.
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"Pacquiao always faces people who are bigger than him and, as you
can see, he's scrawny as a kid, so I think all the rough experiences
he had growing up helped to make him strong."
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The film opened in Philippine cinemas on Wednesday and will be shown
in selected cinemas in the U.S. and Canada starting later this
month.
Pacquiao faces Mayweather on May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in
Las Vegas in one of boxing's most anticipated fights.
(Reporting By Reuters Television in Manila; Writing by ydb in
London; Editing by Larry King)
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