Heaven Help Us
If God had wanted them to be angels, He would have given them wings!
ComedyDramaRomanceboston, massachusettsconfessionprankcatholic schooldisciplineboys' school1960sconfession boothsoda fountain
A warm, nostalgic coming-of-age comedy about teenage misfits navigating Catholic school authority, friendship, and first romance in 1960s Brooklyn.
Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and discover the opposite sex as they come of age.
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