The Pretender(1987)
How does a worldly high school guy start dating an unsuspecting Christian girl? He becomes...the pretender.
A skirt-chasing teenager pretends to adopt the practices of Christianity to impress a girl... only to find himself slowly genuinely becoming one of them.
Movie: The Pretender
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A skirt-chasing teenager pretends to adopt the practices of Christianity to impress a girl... only to find himself slowly genuinely becoming one of them.
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1987-01-01
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How does a worldly high school guy start dating an unsuspecting Christian girl? He becomes...the pretender.
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