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An 11-year-old girl watches her father come down with a crippling depression. Over one summer, she learns answers to several mysteries and comes to terms with love and loss.
Top billed cast
Amy BrennemanAdult Bo
Valentina de AngelisYoung Bo
Joan AllenArlene
Sam ElliottCharley
J.K. SimmonsGeorge
J.D. GarfieldRomero
Boots SouthernRusty
Jim True-FrostWilliam Gibbs- Matthew E. MontoyaStore Clerk
- Kathy GriegoConsuela
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