Digging to China
Two innocent outcasts. One incredible friendship.
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7/7/1997Runtime
98 minsGenres
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Precocious young Harriet and her older sister Gwen live at their mother's motel in small-town New Hampshire. Harriet dreams of a life beyond her inattentive family and the stultifying town. A mentally disabled man named Ricky comes to stay at the motel, and Harriet finds him kinder and more interesting than anyone she has ever met. After tragedy strikes, Harriet and Ricky cling to each other ever more tightly.
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EnglishBudget
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A quietly moving story of two outsiders finding understanding in each other against the backdrop of small-town stagnation and family fracture. The film watches like an intimate portrait of connection forming in unlikely places, grounded in the specificity of childhood longing and adult vulnerability.
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