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A Chance in the World (2017)

Genre : Drama, Family

Runtime : 1H 46M

Director : Mark Vadik

Synopsis

A Chance in the World is the unbelievable real life story of Steve, a wounded and broken boy destined to become a man of resilience and vision. From the day he is five-years-old and dropped off at his foster home of the next eleven years, Steve is mentally and physically tortured by Betty (his foster mother), Willie (her husband) and his foster siblings. Desperate for a sense of family and belonging, Steve searches for his biological parents, but no one in the system can help him. No one can tell him why, with obvious African-American features, he has the last name of Klakowicz.

Actors

Terrell Ransom Jr.
Terrell Ransom Jr.
Steve
Kelly Owens
Kelly Owens
Betty
Tom Sizemore
Tom Sizemore
John Sykes
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Willie Robinson
Nicholas Turturro
Nicholas Turturro
Mike Silvia
Fred Williamson
Fred Williamson
Charlie
Steffie Grote
Steffie Grote
Marian Klakowicz
Jane Morris
Jane Morris
Mrs. Levin

Crews

Mark Vadik
Mark Vadik
Director
Mark Vadik
Mark Vadik
Writer
Tom Bastounes
Tom Bastounes
Producer

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