3 Movies Starring Willa Holland

A Summer in Genoa

A Summer in Genoa

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-03-27

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (5120 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Laurence Coriat (screenplay)

Michael Winterbottom (screenplay)

Fullplot:

How do children respond to tragedy? On an icy road near Chicago, Marianne dies in a crash, leaving Joe and their daughters, Kelly, about 16, and Mary, about 9. That summer, a friend from Joe's graduate student days, 20 years before, arranges a teaching job for him in Genoa. When they arrive in June, Joe starts teaching and the girls have the summer before school starts: Kelly quickly falls in with youths her age; their club and beach life leads to sexual awakening. Mary, burdened by guilt for her mother's death, is solitary. The girls take piano lessons, Mary draws, and she also sees and talks to her mother. Joe asks them, "Are you okay?", but is that enough?

Middle of Nowhere

Middle of Nowhere

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-07-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2907 Reviews)

Director:

John Stockwell

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Summer in a small southern town: Grace wants to go to college, but her feckless mom has poisoned that well (no student loans because mom has welshed on credit cards in Grace's name). Dorian wants to escape from his snobbish adoptive parents. They team up to sell marijuana - she hopes for enough to go to college. Both investigate family secretes, and things get complicated when Dorian falls for her, Grace falls for someone else, and Grace's 15-year-old sister behaves badly. Can Dorian find independence and Grace get to college. And what constitutes a family, anyway?

Tiger Eyes

Tiger Eyes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-06-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1321 Reviews)

Director:

Lawrence Blume

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Judy Blume (novel)

Lawrence Blume (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Davey has never felt so alone in her life. Her father is dead -- shot in a holdup at his store -- and now her mother is taking 17 year old Davey and her little brother to New Mexico to stay with relatives while she tries to recover. Climbing in the Los Alamos canyon, Davey meets the mysterious Wolf, the only person who seems to understand the rage and fear Davey feels. Slowly, with Wolf's help, Davey realizes that she must get on with her life. A complicated story of deep human drama. Based on the classic novel,"Tiger Eyes," by Judy Blume.

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