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MOVIE · 2007

Boy A

CrimeDrama106 min

Freshly released from juvenile detention and living under a new name in Manchester, Jack Burridge is trying to build an ordinary life: a job as a delivery driver, a relationship with co-worker Michelle, and the steady oversight of his caseworker. Andrew Garfield is Jack, guarded and tentative as he re-enters a city that doesn’t know who he is, while Peter Mullan’s Terry manages the difficult balance between protection and trust. When Jack helps reunite a distressed child with her family and is suddenly treated as a local hero, the attention brings new scrutiny to the crime that made him infamous.

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