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Tag: prodigal son

Posted on March 4, 2021March 4, 2022

The Boiler Room (2000)

The son of a judge wants to make money by conning investors in a” boiler room” but comes to an awareness of his wayward ways.

Posted on December 29, 2018

Beautiful Boy (2018)

A father must learn to say to his drug-addicted beautiful boy “No” before the son can be allowed to return home.

Posted on August 11, 2018August 13, 2018

Finding the Lost (1990s)

Finding the Lost

Not included on IMDB.

Posted on March 13, 2016March 13, 2017

Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)

An elderly black priest in S.A. during the apartheid era searches for his lost son in Johannesburg whom he fears has fallen into a life of crime & is soon linked to a white father whose son has been killed during a beak-in.

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