Support them. Take care of them. But don't become their friend.
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
- Harm to children
- Suicide or self-harm
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Contemporary, earnest, classical in form and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Brie LarsonGrace Howard
- John Gallagher Jr.Mason
- Kaitlyn DeverJayden Cole
- Rami MalekNate
- LaKeith StanfieldMarcus
- Kevin HernandezLuis
- Melora WaltersDr. Hendler
- Stephanie BeatrizJessica
- Lydia Du VeauxKendra
- Alex CallowaySammy
Crew
- Destin Daniel CrettonDirector
- Destin Daniel CrettonWriter
- Brett PawlakDirector of Photography
- Joel P. WestOriginal Music Composer
- Nat SandersEditor
- Joshua AstrachanProducer
- Ron NajorProducer
- Asher GoldsteinProducer
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