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Title: More Beautiful for Having Been Broken (2019)
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| Zoe Ventoura | ... | McKenzie De Ridder | |
| Kayla Radomski | ... | Samantha | |
| Cale Ferrin | ... | Freddie | |
| Bruce Davison | ... | Colin | |
| French Stewart | ... | Rodney | |
| Harley Jane Kozak | ... | Vivienne Pinchot | |
| Brooke Elliott | ... | Kat | |
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Gabrielle Baba-Conn | ... | Gabrielle Pinchot |
| Gabrielle Christian | ... | Sasha Pinchot | |
| Kay Lenz | ... | Cassandra | |
| Wally Kurth | ... | Bud - Singer & Bartender | |
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Josh Adell | ... | Attorney |
| Lesley Nicol | ... | Adele | |
| Joselito Marquez | ... | Roberto Adama | |
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Jade Haviland | ... | Marilyn - McKenie's Mother (as Jade N. Haviland) |
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Devoted FBI Agent McKenzie "Max" De Ridder has recently lost her mother, who was her very best friend and greatest champion. In the wake of grief, McKenzie's behavior has become erratic and she soon finds herself suspended. McKenzie, frenzied, drinking and lost, escapes to the small town she used to visit on "Star Adventures" with her late mother. Soon after McKenzie arrives in town she meets Freddie, a young special needs boy with Fanconi Anemia (a rare disease that comes with a short expiration date). He spends his wheelchair-bound days whizzing around the streets of the small town of Meriville. Freddie's savant-like wisdom and perseverance penetrate McKenzie's gruff walls of despair and pain. She is taken by how unaffected he is by the reality of his condition. McKenzie forms an undeniable bond with Freddie and an unexpected testy, then loving relationship with his mother. The small town tangled relationships and mother-daughter dynamics reveal themselves, as each woman traverses ...
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This is a beautiful & meaningful film with totally amazing performances by all, especially by the leads - Kayla Radomski (Samantha), Zoe Ventoura (McKenzie) and Cale Ferrin (Freddie). The acting was outstanding and the dance sequences were captivating as well as heartwarming. Such an outstanding movie all the way around!