Children of Invention
Genres
Overview
Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
86 min
Release Date
2010-08-10
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
16
Vote Average
6.5
Cindy Cheung
Elaine Cheng
Michael Chen
Raymond Cheng
Crystal Chiu
Tina Cheng
Stephen Gevedon
Rob the Salesman
Frank Pando
Bruce
Kieran Campion
Dan
Jackson Ning
Michael
Yan Xi
Felicia
7.0
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6.3
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6.7
City of Hope
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1991-10-11 | en
6.2
The Rules of Attraction
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
2002-10-11 | en
6.8
Nowhere
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1997-05-09 | en
6.7
Russian Dolls
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2005-06-15 | fr
4.3
Model Minority
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5.1
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7.3
Bloody Sunday
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6.8
My Old Man's Place
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6.2
2 Days in Paris
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6.6
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7.3
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6.1
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5.5
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4.5
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7.3
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6.0
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6.5
Edge of Seventeen
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6.5
Paranoid Park
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