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Runaway (2005)

Runaway poster
Directed by
Tim McCann
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers flee their home to escape their sexually abusive father. The older brother tries to shield the younger one from the same harm as they struggle to build a new life on their own.

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What happens

Runaway is a 2005 film directed by Tim McCann. It is about two siblings, Michael and Dylan Adler, twenty-one and eight years old respectively, who run away from home and attempt to start a new life because of a pedophile father. Michael, who had been previously molested by his father, tries to protect his brother from their dad. Runaway was written by Bill True and won the Best Narrative Feature award at the 2005 Austin Film Festival. The film was produced by Alan Klingenstein. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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