Little Boy (2015)

Directed by

Alejandro Monteverde

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 567 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small boy in a small town during World War II tries to bring his father home from the war. He believes he can do anything if he has enough faith and the help of a Japanese man in town.

hopefulheartfeltgentlepoignantsweetsentimentalinspiringslow-paced

What happens

Little Boy is a 2015 war drama film directed by Alejandro Gómez Monteverde. The screenplay is by Monteverde and Pepe Portillo, and the film was produced by Eduardo Verástegui and Leo Severino, and edited by Joan Sobel and Fernando Villena. The film stars Jakob Salvati, Emily Watson, David Henrie, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Michael Rapaport, Ben Chaplin, Eduardo Verástegui, Ted Levine, Abraham Benrubi, Toby Huss, Kevin James, and Tom Wilkinson. The title is a reference to Little Boy, the code name for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, as well as a reference to the main character Pepper's height. The film was co-produced by Metanoia Films and Santa Fé Films and was released on April 24, 2015, by Open Road Films. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 18, 2015, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The film received negative reviews from mainstream critics and earned $17 million on a $20 million budget. An Indian adaptation of the film, titled Tubelight and starring Salman Khan in the lead role, also opened to negative reviews in 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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