This Boy's Life (1993)

Director: Michael Caton-Jones

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

Cast

Robert De Niro

Dwight Hansen

Ellen Barkin

Caroline Wolff Hansen

Leonardo DiCaprio

Tobias Wolff

Chris Cooper

Roy

Eliza Dushku

Pearl

Jonah Blechman

Arthur Gayle

Kathy Kinney

Marian

Gerrit Graham

Mr. Howard

Carla Gugino

Norma

Zachary Ansley

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