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Looking for Miracles is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Kevin Sullivan released in USA on 3 june 1989 with Zachary Bennett

Looking for Miracles (1989)

Looking for Miracles
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Released in USA 3 june 1989
Length 1h43
Directed by
OriginCanada
Genres Drama
Rating75% 3.7589453.7589453.7589453.7589453.758945

Looking for Miracles is a 1989 made-for-TV film based on the memoir of the same name by A.E. Hotchner. Filmed primarily in southern Ontario, it is a story of growing up and relationships, focusing on the experience of two brothers at a summer camp during the Great Depression. The director, producer, and co-writer is Kevin Sullivan.

Synopsis

Set in the summer of 1935, 16-year-old Ryan Delaney (Greg Spottiswood) wants to go to university on a scholarship, but his struggling mother (Patricia Phillips) wants him to stay home, find work, and take care of his 10-year-old brother Sullivan (Zachary Bennett). Due to circumstances relating to the Depression, the brothers were separated and have recently reunited. Ryan is easily annoyed by his little brother. Desperate to find a job, Ryan manages to gain a position as a counselor at Camp Hochelaga despite the fact that he is not qualified; he is too young, has never been to camp, and cannot swim, none of which he reveals during his interview with the camp director, Chief Berman (Joe Flaherty). The ruse is so effective that Ryan is offered the lead counselor position for the group of age 10 boys. After his mother tells him that he cannot go to camp without Sullivan, Ryan convinces Chief Berman to allow the young boy to attend. Being age 10, Sullivan is assigned to Ryan's group.

Actors

Zachary Bennett

(Sullivan Delaney)
Joe Flaherty

(Chief Berman)
Patricia Gage

(Grace Gibson)
Paul Haddad

(Paul)
Mag Ruffman

(Nurse Blanche)
Leslie Carlson

(Principal)
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