Dummy
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United Kingdom · 2008
1h 34m
Director Matthew Thompson
Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Thomas Grant, Emma Catherwood, Therese Bradley
Genre Drama
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A coming of age drama about two young brothers whose lives are thrown into turmoil when their mother dies suddenly, leaving them to fend for themselves. While Danny loses himself in music, sex and drugs, his younger brother Jack transforms a life size mannequin into a brand new mum for him to talk to. Jack's obsession leads to both comic misunderstandings and bitter antagonism as the pair battle through grief, anger and denial.
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