88 minutes
10/15/2011
Bright Alex grows up in Michigan proud of his mother, Romanian immigrant Ileana, who became a professor, vowing to make her dream come true by graduating from Harvard. But when mother becomes manic-depressive and repeatedly dumps her medication, Alex each time lands in foster care. At age 16, he gets legal emancipation and vows to take charge of their lives himself
Kim Delaney
as Ileana
Sarah-Jane Redmond
as Suzanne Bante
Paul McGillion
as Jim Bante
Jared Abrahamson
as Alex Chivescu
MacKenzie Porter
as Jen Bante
Genevieve Buechner
as Lucy
Dee Jay Jackson
as Henry
Collin MacKechnie
as Alex at 10
Raf Rogers
as Carlos
Miles Chalmers
as Danny
Patricia Harras
as Mrs. Edinger
Ben Cotton
as Brent Feldman
Jennifer Copping
as Ellen
Roger Haskett
as Darrel DeNova
Daryl Shuttleworth
as Lt. Richard Franks
Chilton Crane
as Julie Francks
Eileen Pedde
as Principal Thomas
P. Lynn Johnson
as Judge
John Shaw
as Chuck
Kathryn Kirkpatrick
as Librarian