Thicker Than Blood (1998)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1998-05-31
Director: Richard Pearce
Writers: Bill Cain
Language: English
Stars: Mickey Rourke , Dan Futterman , Carlo Alban , Luna Lauren Velez , Josh Mostel , Peter Maloney , Vincent Laresca , Rosanna DeSoto , Dick Latessa , Grace Garland
Runtime: 93 min
Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations
AKA: Dangerous Kids - Highschool der Hoffnung (Germany) , Αιματοβαμμένα θρανία (Greece) , Mais Forte que a Amizade (Brazil) , La fuerza de la sangre (Spain) , Thicker Than Blood (United States of America) , Tjockare än blod (Sweden) , Una linea di sangue (Italy) , Mais Forte que o Sangue (Brazil) , Stand Up Tragedy (United States of America) , Thicker Than Blood , Sűrűbb, mint a vér (Hungary) , Sans issue (France, French Republic)
Plot: Griffin Byrne is the idealistic new history, English and maths teacher in Father Frank Larkin's school in a mainly Latino ghetto neighborhood where most kids, even many of its graduates, end up in crime and poverty. He takes a particular interest in one of the boys nobody believes will ever come to anything, Lee Cortes, who he finds to be a prodigy in cartoon drawing but who never spoke a word at school, and always wears a Walkman, essentially because of his home situation: his elder brother Tyro, a drug dealer, abuses him and his mother, so he often stays home to mind the smallest siblings. Griffin tries everything to help Lee, despite everyones cynicism, even takes him in his bachelor flat, but finds the whole family situation must be solved, which is probably beyond his power, yet tries tireless, even if he gets nothing but abuse and the results seem to do more hurting then helping...
IMDB:tt0156240