A Long Way Home
Dec 06, 1981 | IMDB 7.5
100 min Watch NowTV Movie, Drama
A married teenager sets out to find his long-lost brother and sister years after all three had been placed with different families following their abandonment by their migrant worker parents. Luckily, he finds a compassionate social worker who, at first reluctantly, decides to help him cut through the bureaucratic red tape.
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