Underplayed Gems

All the Little Animals (1998)

All the Little Animals poster
Directed by
Jeremy Thomas
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man with a developmental disability escapes his abusive stepfather. He finds refuge with an older man who cares for wild animals in the English countryside.

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What happens

All the Little Animals is a 1998 drama film directed and produced by Jeremy Thomas and starring Christian Bale and John Hurt. Based on the 1968 novella of the same name by Walker Hamilton, it was adapted for the screen by Eski Thomas. The film screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in the United States on 3 September 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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