Missing in America (2005)

Directed by

Gabrielle Savage Dockterman

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Vietnam veteran living alone in isolation agrees to take care of his dying friend's young daughter. The man and the girl slowly form a bond as they both deal with their own losses.

poignantgentlereflectiveunderstatedmelancholichopefulslow-pacedintimate

What happens

Missing in America is a 2005 American drama film directed and co-produced by Gabrielle Savage Dockterman (in her feature directorial debut), who co-wrote the screenplay with Ken Miller and Nancy L. Babine from a story by Miller. It stars Danny Glover, Ron Perlman, Linda Hamilton, Zoe Weizenbaum, and David Strathairn. It follows an emotionally damaged Vietnam veteran who takes in the young half-Vietnamese daughter of his dying army buddy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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