An Angel for May (2002)
Genre : Drama, Family
Runtime : 1H 35M
Director : Harley Cokeliss
Synopsis
When Tom accidentally travels back in time through a fireplace in a ruined farmhouse he meets May, an orphan who needs help. Now that he knows his friends' fate and his own, he will try to reorder the events and change their history.
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