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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
A restrained, devastating true-crime drama about a young girl trapped under a guardian’s control; it shares the period setting, escalating cruelty, and focus on witnesses’ helplessness.
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Why this pick
Its quiet domestic realism and child’s-eye perspective create similarly unbearable tension, examining abuse as a hidden force inside an apparently ordinary family.
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Why this pick
A lyrical yet deeply disturbing childhood nightmare, with rural-period Americana, an innocent viewpoint, and dread that grows from what adults refuse to confront.
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Why this pick
A compassionate but unflinching drama about childhood trauma and its lasting aftermath, balancing devastating subject matter with intimate, character-centered storytelling.
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Why this pick
A harrowing, empathetic portrait of an abandoned adolescent whose hope is exploited; its emotional force comes from treating her suffering with grave seriousness rather than spectacle.
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01 / THE STORY
In 2007, David Moran (William Atherton), a Wall Street player, witnesses a man hit and run by a car. He responds to the situation and tries to resuscitate the victim. That evening, he reflects on his past to the summer of 1958, when he meets his first teenage crush Meg Loughlin (Blythe Auffarth). Meg and her disabled sister Susan (Madeline Taylor) have lost their parents in a car accident and because of this, they are sent to live with their reclusive aunt, Ruth Chandler (Blanche Baker), and her sons, Willie, Ralphie, and Donny (Graham Patrick Martin, Austin Williams and Benjamin Ross Kaplan).
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Mr. Moran
Willie Chandler Jr.
Ralphie 'Woofer' Chandler
Susan Loughlin
David Moran
Eddie
Meg Loughlin
Ruth Chandler
