Drama
8-year-old Elli and her mother, Marlène, live in a small town by the French Riviera where they act out to relieve boredom and hide from social services. When Marlène caves in to yet another night of excess, she chooses to leave Elli behind for a man she just met. The young child must confront her mother's demons in order to get her back.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Boys Don't Cry
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10,000 Saints
The Promise
Pocketful of Miracles
The Secret Life of Words
Home Again
The Party
Kelly & Cal
The Trials of Cate McCall
She's Lost Control
Take Care
From A to Q
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Big Shot-Caller
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2008
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IMDB 8 | Feb , 2009
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IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 2003
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IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 2002
The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.Volver
IMDB 7.5 | Mar , 2006
Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.The Party 2
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 1982
A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have already done it.Lost in Translation
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 2003
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.Boys Don't Cry
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 1999
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.Italian for Beginners
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 2000
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IMDB 6 | Aug , 2015
A sweeping multigenerational story set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hardcore punk rock, the unbridled optimism and reckless stupidity of the young—and old—are all major elements in this heart-aching tale of the son of diehard hippies and his strange odyssey through the extremes of late 20th century youth culture.The Promise
IMDB 6 | Aug , 1999
Lisa's husband, Bill, abuses her. With her sister's encouragement, she takes their three kids and leaves her husband. Bill keeps interfering with Lisa's attempts at a new life. She gets an order of protection against him, but the police can't do anything else to help her. One night Bill breaks into Lisa's apartment and shoots her. As she dies in the hospital, Lisa asks her sister to promise to take care of her three children. The sister takes the kids into her home, but Bill is still on the loose, an ever present threat.Pocketful of Miracles
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 1961
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.The Secret Life of Words
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2005
A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.Home Again
IMDB 6.1 | Sep , 2017
Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.The Party
IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 1980
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IMDB 6.2 | Mar , 2014
Punk-rocker turned suburban mom, Kelly, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn’t yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he's been dealt. When the two strike up an unlikely friendship, it's the perfect spark needed to thrust them both back to life.The Trials of Cate McCall
IMDB 6.4 | Nov , 2013
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.She's Lost Control
IMDB 5 | Feb , 2014
Ronah's life unravels when she starts working with a new client, Johnny.Take Care
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2014
When a car crash leaves Frannie immobilized, she is brushed off by everyone she can count on. With nowhere else to turn and desperate for help, she turns to an unlikely source, her ex Devon.From A to Q
IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 2021
When Alex wakes suddenly from a dream in which she confesses her love to her best friend, her whole world is turned upside down. She uses the following weeks to understand herself and slowly comes to terms with who she may be, all the while trying really hard not to lose the best friend she’s had since she was five. After all, coming out isn’t easy. 'From A to Q’ is a story of friendship, coming out and learning to love yourself.