Birch Street Gym

4/9/2026

This is really a film about purpose. A group of elderly gents who have been largely sidelined because of their advanced years attend the Birch St. Gym. It is a source of exercise, association and healthy competitiveness and for many of them living in care environments, it is an opportunity to get out and let off steam. With the annual club championship approaching, Jack is challenging Rocco whilst the manager Rudy has an altogether tougher and more uneven task of his own - to keep the club open. The local authorities are terrified that they might find themselves on the wrong end of a lawsuit should one of these geriatric pugilists do themselves, or another, an injury and so are determined to close the place down. Adamant that they barely have the strength to pull the skin from a custard, t