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Quick Info

Rating

6.9/10

Release2015

Runtime1h 40m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Les Films du Losange

Movie

A Childhood

2015

1h 40m

6.9

Drama

Synopsis

As summer drags by, 13-year-old Jimmy, forced by circumstance to become an adult too soon, runs up against the limits of his small hometown and his turbulent life, caught between a mother on the slide and a stepfather who keeps her down.

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