There were some really nice bits in that film, and some pretty funny bits. And parts that were "true" - the scene in which that song is sung being a case in point - young people did stand around bonfires with drinks in their hands singing Song for the Mira ... maybe they still do. But some of it was ridiculous - I mean, the idea that any man of that time and place would step into a boxing ring with a woman is beyond preposterous ....