Life as a House
Oct 25, 2001 | IMDB 7.1
125 min Watch NowDrama
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
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