There Was a Little Boy

Year: 1993

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: English

Director: Mimi Leder

Drama

Julie and Gregg are preparing for another baby, but the memory of their first child—kidnapped and never recovered— haunts them. Their lives are upended when Julie’s rebellious student, a notorious troublemaker, turns out to be the boy they lost. The shocking revelation forces them to confront the past. The story is adapted from Claire R. Jacobs’s novel.

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