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Short Term 12(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-09-23
67%
24 Votes
Time: 0h 22m
A film about kids and the grown-ups who hit them.
Overview:
A day at a group home for troubled adolescents. Denim is the head counselor, involved somehow with Natalia, another counselor. During the day, we watch them and other staff deal with a boy who's getting into fights though he has only a week to go before his 18th birthday, a girl whose birthday it is, a foul-mouthed lad, and others. Denim uses music to calm one youth, orients a new staff member, sneaks a marijuana cigarette during a break, and by the day's end, talks to Natalia. Do any of us have it together?
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $3.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Traction Media
Cinedigm
Movie: Short Term 12
Top 10 Billed Cast
Brad William Henke
Denim
Tania Verafield
Natalia
LaKeith Stanfield
Mark
Adam Shapiro
Scott
Katelin Chesna
Chelsea
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