God Bless the Child

God Bless the Child

2015 · 91 min · ★ 4.7 · Family, Drama

Five siblings, from one to thirteen, spend a day on their own, uncertain whether this time their depressed and unreliable mother is really gone for good. Harper, the eldest and the only girl, looks after her brothers as she always does, as their day descends into fantasy and chaos.

Directed by Robert Machoian · Written by Robert Machoian

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