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For the Love of a Child

2006 · 80 min

A sober, issue-driven drama that traces real suffering and institutional care with earnest, sometimes wrenching sincerity.

Directed by: Douglas Barr
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Peri Gilpin, Teri Polo, Maria del Mar

Overview: 1959, support from US troops based in Asia and later from the Sates enables two actresses to start a charity for mixed-race 'orphans' who are locally neglected as outcasts. Thus originates Childhelp, which later runs multi-disciplinary centers for abused and/or neglected children in the States. Among them is bright Jacob Fletcher, whose stepfather, a lawyer, terrorized him into utter trauma and reclaims him shortly after 10 months in jail. Jacob's peers have distressing stories of their own, but competent, devoted staff helps most of them decisively on the former farm, using animal therapy.

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Directed by: Douglas Barr
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Peri Gilpin, Teri Polo, Maria del Mar

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
healing
family
parenthood
survival
Places: countryside
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, tv movie
Directed by: Douglas Barr
Written by: Duane Poole
Starring: Peri Gilpin, Teri Polo, Maria del Mar, John Pyper-Ferguson, Matthew Knight, Emily Hirst, Brendan Meyer, Jake D. Smith
Music: Jeff Rona
Cinematography: Peter Benison
Runtime: 80 min
Country: United States of America, Canada
Languages: English

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