A Chance in the World

Jan 1, 2017

1h 46m

★ 6.6

Overview

A Chance in the World is the unbelievable real life story of Steve, a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man of resilience and vision. From the day he is five-years-old and dropped off at his foster home of the next eleven years, Steve is mentally and physically tortured by Betty (his foster mother), Willie (her husband) and his foster siblings. Desperate for a sense of family and belonging, Steve searches for his biological parents, but no one in the system can help him. No one can tell him why, with obvious African-American features, he has the last name of Klakowicz.

Genres

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Mighty Small Pictures

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Cast

Steve

Terrell Ransom Jr.

Betty Robinson

Kelly Owens

John Sykes

Tom Sizemore

Willie Robinson

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Nancy

Michele Marano

Mike Silvia

Nicholas Turturro

Charlie

Fred Williamson

Ruby Dottin

Cynda Williams

Mrs. Levin

Jane Morris

Holly Holt

Deanna Reed-Foster

Eddie Robinson

Jacque Miller

Manny

Greg Hollimon

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