MOVIE · 2015

Little Boy

ComedyDramaFamilyWar106 min

In a small American town during World War II, a short, bullied boy nicknamed Little Boy is devastated when his father is drafted and then reported missing. Desperate to bring him home, Pepper clings to a list of difficult acts he believes will prove his faith and somehow change the course of the war. That quest pushes him into uneasy encounters with neighbors, soldiers’ families, and a Japanese man the town treats with suspicion. As Pepper tries to do what seems impossible, the film follows both a child’s stubborn hope and the fears and prejudice closing in around him, with Jakob Salvati and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa at the center of that bond.