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The Favor
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | May 2, 2008 |
| Running time: | 110 minutes |
| Cast: | Frank Wood, Ryan Donowho, Paige Turco, Isidra Vega, Paul Lazar |
| Director: | Eva S. Aridjis |
| Producer: | Eva S. Aridjis, Heather Greene |
| Writer: | Eva S. Aridjis |
| Distributor: | Seventh Art Releasing |
Description: Frank Wood turns in a powerful, understated performance as Lawrence Hull, a middle-aged bachelor who lives a quiet existence with his dog in Bayonne, New Jersey, and works as a pet photographer and a clerk at the local police station. When his high-school "sweetheart" calls him one day, Lawrence's life takes on a new dimension and romantic memories come to life. He reconnects with the now-divorced Caroline, but loses her all over again when she dies in a freak accident shortly after. Lawrence forms an unexpected attachment to her son, a 16-year-old malcontent named Johnny, and decides to adopt the boy to prevent him from going into foster care. Lawrence tries hard to be a father to Johnny, but Johnny wants nothing to do with him. Johnny dabbles in drug use and theft, exhibits behavioral problems at school, and hides behind a wall of anger and silence. His only soft spot is for a pretty neighborhood girl named Mariana, with whom he develops a relationship. Eventually Johnny comes to recognize that Lawrence is the father figure he has been searching for.
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