Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me

Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me is a 2011 one-off Christmas special, made by STV Productions and broadcast by ITV on Tuesday 27 December 2011. The special centres around a wealthy car dealer Jonathan Donald who befriends a terminally ill teenager Freddie Copeland and makes his Christmas wish come true.

The Interrupters

2011

English

7.5

♡ 2

99%

Steve James Director

Jesse Jackson as Self

Fernando Bocanegra as Self

Eric Holder as Self

Arne Duncan as Self

The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once caused.

I Am Urban

2015

English

6.7

♡ 1

Drama

independent film

social work

Candida Brady Director

Richard Armitage as Chop

Neil Morrissey as Doc

Charlie Heaton as Frank

Gabrielle Lloyd as Senior Social Worker

A hard living, disillusioned, ex social worker becomes the unlikely savior to an anarchic gang of joy-riding, drug taking, thieving, out of control, care home runaway kids.

The Specials

2019

French

7.4

♡ 8

82%

87%

Action

affectation

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd)

Olivier Nakache Director

Vincent Cassel as Bruno Haroche

Frédéric Pierrot as Inspecteur IGAS

Suliane Brahim as Inspectrice IGAS

Lyna Khoudri as Ludivine, l'orthophoniste

For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organizations (The Hatch & The Shelter), they train young people from underprivileged areas to be caregivers for extreme cases that have been refused by all other institutions. It’s an exceptional partnership, outside of traditional settings, for some quite extraordinary characters.

Free Willy

1993

English

6.1

♡ 29

71%

human animal relationship

social work

social worker

whale

Simon Wincer Director

Mykelti Williamson as Dwight Mercer

Michael Madsen as Glen Greenwood

Danielle Harris as Gwenie

Lori Petty as Rae Lindley

When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, with the help of kindly whale trainer Rae Lindley, develop a routine of tricks. However, greedy park owner Dial soon catches wind of the duo and makes plans to profit from them.

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