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When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
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Draegerman Courage
Duration: 0 h 58 m | 1937
After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.
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