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A Chance in the World

A Chance in the World

FamilyDrama
2017, Movie, 1h 46min
A Chance in the World is the unbelievable real life story of Steve, a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man of resilience and vision. From the day he is five-years-old and dropped off at his foster home of the next eleven years, Steve is mentally and physically tortured by Betty (his foster mother), Willie (her husband) and his foster siblings. Desperate for a sense of family and belonging, Steve searches for his biological parents, but no one in the system can help him. No one can tell him why, with obvious African-American features, he has the last name of Klakowicz.
Country: United States
Director:
Mark Vadik
Cast:
Tom Sizemore,
Fred Williamson,
Nicholas Turturro,
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
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Mark Vadik
Director
Mark Vadik
Writer
Tom Sizemore
As John Sykes
Fred Williamson
As Charlie
Nicholas Turturro
As Mike Silvia
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
As Willie Robinson
Cynda Williams
As Ruby Dottin
Jane Morris
As Mrs. Levin

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A Chance in the World tells the inspiring true story of Steve Pemberton, who endures unimaginable foster care abuse, yet finds resilience and vision through his love of literature literature and the support of a high school teacher, John Sykes. Despite his difficult upbringing, Steve never gives up hope of finding his biological parents and discovering his true identity. This powerful drama follows Steve's journey towards self-discovery and the realization that family is not just a biological function, but a choice based in love.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as A Chance in the World include McFarland, USA, The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, Rescued by Ruby, The Red Turtle, So B. It, The Call of the Wild.

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A Chance in the World was released in theaters on January 1, 2017.

 

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