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Grace is a twenty-something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker, and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason. But Grace's own difficult past, and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself, throws her into unforeseen confusion, made sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility, a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has...
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Grace is a twenty-something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker, and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason. But Grace's own difficult past - and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself - throws her into unforeseen confusion, made sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility, a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has...
4) Home
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Jack Hall has suffered from mental illness for over a dozen years, and over that period has been in and out of hospitals and jail. Now successfully holding on to a steady job, he is ready to move out of his group home and into an apartment of his own, all leading him towards the dream of reconnecting with his estranged son. While this would seem to be a simple goal for most, for Jack the stakes are no less than life or death.
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Criterion collection volume 646
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Eleven-year-old Cyril, all coiled anger and furious motion, is living in a group home but refuses to believe he has been rejected by his single father. He spends his days frantically trying to reach the man, over the phone or on his beloved bicycle. It is only the patience and compassion of Samantha, the stranger who agrees to care for him, that offers the boy the chance to move on.
6) Home team
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Henry's gambling addiction ruined his soccer career and landed him in jail. As a condition of his parole, he must perform community service at a children's home for abandoned boys. The kids decide to form a real soccer team find a sponsor and join the inner-city league. Only problem is they are terrible. Can Henry help out?
8) 10 1/2
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At only age 10-and-a-half, Tommy is well known to the local social service agencies for his tendencies towards violence. Judged incorrigible, Tommy rebels against all authority and has been abandoned by all who know him, except for his halfway house guardian, Gilles, who sees a glimmer of hope in the eyes of the young boy. Gilles may be Tommy's last chance for a normal life.