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Daddy Blue (1994)

Daddy Blue poster
Original title
Du pappa
Directed by
René Bjerke
Genre
drama film
Country
Norway
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
9
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy flees his troubled home life by taking a small sailboat. He meets a girl and they form a bond while he wrestles with his feelings for his father.

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What happens

Du Pappa (English title Daddy Blue) is a 1994 Norwegian film about a teenage boy and his troublesome relationship with his dad and with a girl he befriends while running away from home on a small sailboat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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