The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

Directed by

Nick Castle

Genre

fantasy film, teen film, coming-of-age film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 145 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 14-year-old girl named Milly moves to a new town after her father's suicide. She befriends Eric, a boy with autism who dreams of flying, and together they deal with their grief and find comfort in imagination.

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What happens

The Boy Who Could Fly is a 1986 American fantasy drama film written and directed by Nick Castle. It was produced by Lorimar Productions for 20th Century Fox, and released theatrically on August 15, 1986. The film stars Lucy Deakins as 14-year-old Milly Michaelson, Jay Underwood as Eric Gibb, a boy with autism, Bonnie Bedelia as Milly's mother, Fred Savage as Milly's little brother, Colleen Dewhurst as a teacher, Fred Gwynne as Eric's uncle, Janet MacLachlan, and Mindy Cohn. After the suicide of her terminally ill father, Milly becomes friends with Eric, who lost both of his parents to a plane crash. Together, Eric and Milly find ways to cope with the loss and the pain as they escape to faraway places. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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