The Buddy System (1984)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 1984-01-20
Director: Glenn Jordan
Writers: Mary Agnes Donoghue
Language: English
Stars: Richard Dreyfuss , Susan Sarandon , Nancy Allen (I) , Jean Stapleton , Wil Wheaton , Edward Winter , Keene Curtis , Tom Lacy , Lee Weaver , Carolyn Coates
Runtime: 110 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Bare gode venner (Norway) , Kumpelski układ (Poland) , Life Upside Down (United States of America) , Amigos & Amantes (Brazil) , Drugari (Serbia) , Cercasi papà (Italy) , Απόσταση αναπνοής (Greece) , Carência de Amor (Brazil) , La forza dell'amore (Italy) , Системата на Бъди (Bulgaria) , The Buddy System , Copain, copine (Canada) , The Buddy System (United States of America) , Szexközelben (Hungary) , Bara vänner (Sweden) , The Buddy System (United Kingdom) , Yedidim L'Inyan (Israel) , El sistema de amigos (Peru) , По-приятельски , Ystäväni, rakkaani (Finland) , Prietenie (Romania) , Buddy System , Copain, copine (France, French Republic) , Biete Mutter - suche Vater (Germany)
Plot: A quiet school truant officer, Joe, uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake a residential address, and subsequently gets involved romantically with the boy's mother. The truant officer waffles between a sadistic relationship with his on-again, off-again girlfriend and the mother. When one of the officer's inventions takes off, he chooses the girl and shatters the friendship with the boy and his mother. Only at the last possible moment does he figure out what he's sacrificed, and attempts to get it back.
IMDB:tt0087006