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Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The...
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The Boys of St. Vincent
Film · 1994 · also dramaThe true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.
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Oliver Twist
Film · 1948 · also dramaWhen 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fa...
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Anne of Green Gables
Film · 2016 · also dramaAnne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept...
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A Home of Our Own
Film · 1993 · also dramaIn 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countr...
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Fatima
Film · 2020 · also dramaIn 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only...
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Rocks
Film · 2020 · also drama15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has left them. Against all...
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Second Best
Film · 1994 · also dramaThe difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
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Lucy Shimmers and the Prince of Peace
Film · 2020 · also dramaSecond chances start when a hardened criminal crosses paths with a precocious little girl who is helped by an angel to change hearts during the holiday season.
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The Secret Garden
Film · 2020 · also dramaMary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She meets...
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Anne of Green Gables
Film · 1985 · also dramaAnne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept...
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