Million Dollar Baby

Frankie Dunn runs a rundown gym, assisted by her loyal friend Eddie Dupris, a long-retired former boxer. Despite her dire poverty, Maggie Fitzgerald, a 31-year-old boxer working as a waitress, tries to convince Frankie to become her trainer. He refuses because she is a girl. However, after one of his best protégés unexpectedly leaves, Frankie agrees to supervise Maggie's training.