
Honey Boy
sweet as honey.
Dramavietnam veteranabusive fatherrehabilitationmotelclownchildhood traumadrug usedrug rehabilitationalcoholicchild staralcoholic fathersemi autobiographical
A raw, intimate portrait of childhood trauma and the long struggle to reconcile with an abusive, addicted parent, grounded in autobiographical pain.
The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.
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