Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Digging to China (1997)

Digging to China poster
Directed by
Timothy Hutton
Genre
drama film, coming-of-age film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 63 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A pre-teen girl with a vivid imagination befriends a man with mental disabilities. They form a close bond that changes both of their lives.

tenderquietbittersweetslow-pacedmelancholicheartfeltgentleintimatepoignant

What happens

Digging to China is a 1997 American drama film that marked the cinematic directorial debut of actor Timothy Hutton and the screen debut of Evan Rachel Wood. The screenplay by Karen Janszen, the film focuses on the friendship forged between a pre-teen girl with a vivid imagination and a man with mental disabilities. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?