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The Boys Are Back (2009)

The Boys Are Back (2009)

Drama

Inspired by a true story.

Release Date: 2009, September 25
Directors: Scott Hicks
Countries: Australia, United Kingdom
Production: Australian Film Finance Corporation, BBC Film, Hopscotch Productions, Screen Australia, Southern Light Films, Tiger Aspect, South Australian Film Corporation
Cast: Clive Owen, Steven Robertson, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, George MacKay, Laura Fraser, Emma Booth, Emma Lung, Natasha Little, Rupert Simonian, Chris Haywood, Julia Blake, Tommy Bastow

Overview:

When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and other parents, he develops his own philosophies on parenting.

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