Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy

To confront the truth, first they had to face each other.

2011101 min6.0 / 10

A devastating portrait of parental grief and marital reckoning in the aftermath of an unthinkable tragedy, exploring how a family confronts complicity, blame, and the possibility of forgiveness.

A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass-shooting at his college, then took his own life.

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