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‘Stronger,’ new movie about marathon bombing, hits theatres

Sep 21, 2017 | 9:30 PM

BOSTON — A new film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman is hitting theatres nationwide.

“Stronger” captures Bauman recalibrating his life after losing both legs in the April 2013 bombings near the marathon finish line. Tatiana Maslany plays Bauman’s then-girlfriend, Erin Hurley.

It’s based on Bauman’s 2014 memoir of the same name.

The movie premiered earlier this month at Boston’s Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, which treated Bauman and dozens of other bombing victims. It also was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.